Crab-eating Mongoose vs Holywood

Herpestes urva compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Herpestidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Guaiacum
Species	Herpestes urva	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.