Crab-eating Mongoose vs eared willow

Herpestes urva compared with Salix aurita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	eared willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Salix
Species	Herpestes urva	Salix aurita

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

eared willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	eared willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

eared willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).