Crab-eating Mongoose vs pale moonwort

Herpestes urva compared with Botrychium pallidum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	pale moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Botrychium
Species	Herpestes urva	Botrychium pallidum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

pale moonwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	pale moonwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pale moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found in Canada.