Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fivefingers

Herpestes urva compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Herpestidae	Araceae
Genus	Herpestes	Syngonium
Species	Herpestes urva	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).