Crab-eating Mongoose vs ground-pine

Herpestes urva compared with Ajuga chamaepitys

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while ground-pine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	ground-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Ajuga
Species	Herpestes urva	Ajuga chamaepitys

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

ground-pine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	ground-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ground-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (12 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).