Crab-eating Mongoose vs four-leaf devil-pepper

Herpestes urva compared with Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while four-leaf devil-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	four-leaf devil-pepper
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	Rauvolfia
Species	Herpestes urva	Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

four-leaf devil-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	four-leaf devil-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-leaf devil-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, India, and Taiwan.