Crab-eating Mongoose vs Forest Num-num

Herpestes urva compared with Carissa bispinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Forest Num-num
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Herpestidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Carissa
Species	Herpestes urva	Carissa bispinosa

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Forest Num-num

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Forest Num-num
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Num-num

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.