Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dew-Thread

Herpestes urva compared with Drosera filiformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dew-Thread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Herpestidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Drosera
Species	Herpestes urva	Drosera filiformis

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dew-Thread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dew-Thread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dew-Thread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.