Crab-eating Mongoose vs Doum Palm

Herpestes urva compared with Hyphaene compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Herpestidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Hyphaene
Species	Herpestes urva	Hyphaene compressa

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.