Crab-eating Mongoose vs Hooked Dock

Herpestes urva compared with Rumex brownii

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Hooked Dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Hooked Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Herpestidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Rumex
Species	Herpestes urva	Rumex brownii

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Hooked Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Hooked Dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hooked Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).