Crab-eating Mongoose vs Malayan-sword

Herpestes urva compared with Aglaonema simplex

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Malayan-sword
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Herpestidae	Araceae
Genus	Herpestes	Aglaonema
Species	Herpestes urva	Aglaonema simplex

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Malayan-sword

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Malayan-sword
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan-sword

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Taiwan.