Crab-eating Mongoose vs Mountain Tea

Herpestes urva compared with Sideritis hyssopifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Mountain Tea
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	Sideritis
Species	Herpestes urva	Sideritis hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Tea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Mountain Tea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Tea

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal.