Crab-eating Mongoose vs lemon thyme

Herpestes urva compared with Thymus citriodorus

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while lemon thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

lemon thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	lemon thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lemon thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).