Crab-eating Mongoose vs Goa-bean

Herpestes urva compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Psophocarpus
Species	Herpestes urva	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Goa-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.