Crab-eating Mongoose vs One-Flowered Broomrape

Herpestes urva compared with Aphyllon uniflorum

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while One-Flowered Broomrape is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	One-Flowered Broomrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Aphyllon
Species	Herpestes urva	Aphyllon uniflorum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

One-Flowered Broomrape

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	One-Flowered Broomrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

One-Flowered Broomrape

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, and United States.