Crab-eating Mongoose vs Murex

Herpestes urva compared with Medicago murex

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Murex is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Murex
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Medicago
Species	Herpestes urva	Medicago murex

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Murex

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Murex
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murex

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (6 countries).