Crab-eating Mongoose vs Elephant Apple

Herpestes urva compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Herpestidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Dillenia
Species	Herpestes urva	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.