Crab-eating Mongoose vs Laurel

Herpestes urva compared with Guatteria hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Herpestidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Guatteria
Species	Herpestes urva	Guatteria hirsuta

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.