Crab-eating Mongoose vs Mountain yam

Herpestes urva compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Herpestidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Dioscorea
Species	Herpestes urva	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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