Crab-eating Mongoose vs Lantana

Herpestes urva compared with Lantana camara

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Crab-eating Mongoose Lantana
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Carnivora (Carnivorans) Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family Herpestidae Verbenaceae
Genus Herpestes Lantana
Species Herpestes urva Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Crab-eating Mongoose Lantana
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Crab-eating Mongoose

No description available.

Lantana

No description available.

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