Crab-eating Mongoose vs Desert Thorn

Herpestes urva compared with Lycium minimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Desert Thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Herpestidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lycium
Species	Herpestes urva	Lycium minimum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Desert Thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Desert Thorn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Desert Thorn

Habitat

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