Crab-eating Mongoose vs Forest Bead-string

Herpestes urva compared with Alchornea hirtella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Forest Bead-string
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Alchornea
Species	Herpestes urva	Alchornea hirtella

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Forest Bead-string

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Forest Bead-string
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Bead-string

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.