Crab-eating Mongoose vs Malabar nut

Herpestes urva compared with Justicia adhatoda

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Malabar nut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Malabar nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malabar nut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (China, Cyprus, Taiwan) and Europe (Greece, Italy, Malta).