Crab-eating Mongoose vs Gum-elemi

Herpestes urva compared with Bursera simaruba

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Gum-elemi is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gum-elemi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Herpestidae	Burseraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Bursera
Species	Herpestes urva	Bursera simaruba

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Gum-elemi

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gum-elemi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gum-elemi

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.