Crab-eating Mongoose vs Flexuous Gutweed

Herpestes urva compared with Ulva flexuosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Flexuous Gutweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ulvaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Ulva
Species	Herpestes urva	Ulva flexuosa

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Flexuous Gutweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Flexuous Gutweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flexuous Gutweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).