Crab-eating Mongoose vs Greater dodder

Herpestes urva compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Herpestidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Cuscuta
Species	Herpestes urva	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).