Crab-eating Mongoose vs Foxtail copperleaf

Herpestes urva compared with Acalypha alopecuroidea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Foxtail copperleaf
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	Acalypha
Species	Herpestes urva	Acalypha alopecuroidea

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Foxtail copperleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Foxtail copperleaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Foxtail copperleaf

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Samoa, and United States.