Crab-eating Mongoose vs Downy Lettuce

Herpestes urva compared with Lactuca hirsuta

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Downy Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Herpestidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Herpestes	Lactuca
Species	Herpestes urva	Lactuca hirsuta

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Downy Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.