Crab-eating Mongoose vs false pepperwort

Herpestes urva compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Herpestidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Marsilea
Species	Herpestes urva	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.