Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dahoon

Herpestes urva compared with Ilex cassine

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dahoon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Herpestidae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Ilex
Species	Herpestes urva	Ilex cassine

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dahoon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dahoon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dahoon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.