Crab-eating Mongoose vs Hepatica

Herpestes urva compared with Hepatica nobilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Hepatica
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Hepatica
Species	Herpestes urva	Hepatica nobilis

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Hepatica

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Hepatica
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hepatica

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States).