Crab-eating Mongoose vs Finger Grass

Herpestes urva compared with Limnophila aromatica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Finger Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Limnophila
Species	Herpestes urva	Limnophila aromatica

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Finger Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Finger Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Finger Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.