Crab-eating Mongoose vs Lagos-rubber

Herpestes urva compared with Funtumia africana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Herpestidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Funtumia
Species	Herpestes urva	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.