Crab-eating Mongoose vs Indian-plum

Herpestes urva compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Indian-plum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Indian-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Flacourtia
Species	Herpestes urva	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Indian-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).