Crab-eating Mongoose vs mountain-devil

Herpestes urva compared with Lambertia formosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	mountain-devil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Herpestidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lambertia
Species	Herpestes urva	Lambertia formosa

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

mountain-devil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	mountain-devil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain-devil

Habitat

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