Crab-eating Mongoose vs Farlow’s eyebright

Herpestes urva compared with Euphrasia farlowii

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Farlow’s eyebright is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Farlow’s eyebright
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Euphrasia
Species	Herpestes urva	Euphrasia farlowii

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Farlow’s eyebright

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Farlow’s eyebright
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Farlow’s eyebright

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.