Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fiddlewood

Herpestes urva compared with Vitex gaumeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fiddlewood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Vitex
Species	Herpestes urva	Vitex gaumeri

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fiddlewood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiddlewood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.