Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fern Palm

Herpestes urva compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Herpestidae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Cycas
Species	Herpestes urva	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).