Crab-eating Mongoose vs Elephant Tree

Herpestes urva compared with Bursera microphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Elephant Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Herpestidae	Burseraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Bursera
Species	Herpestes urva	Bursera microphylla

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Tree

Habitat

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