Crab-eating Mongoose vs Floating Fern

Herpestes urva compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Herpestidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Salvinia
Species	Herpestes urva	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).