Crab-eating Mongoose vs Ebony

Herpestes urva compared with Diospyros ebenum

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Ebony is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ebony
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Diospyros
Species	Herpestes urva	Diospyros ebenum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Ebony

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ebony
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ebony

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.