Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dotted lancepod

Herpestes urva compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dotted lancepod
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lonchocarpus
Species	Herpestes urva	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dotted lancepod
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dotted lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.