Crab-eating Mongoose vs Drooping Tonguefern

Herpestes urva compared with Elaphoglossum herminieri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Drooping Tonguefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Elaphoglossum
Species	Herpestes urva	Elaphoglossum herminieri

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Drooping Tonguefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.