Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fly marsh elder

Herpestes urva compared with Iva cheiranthifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fly marsh elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Herpestidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Herpestes	Iva
Species	Herpestes urva	Iva cheiranthifolia

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fly marsh elder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.