Crab-eating Mongoose vs Red melastome

Herpestes urva compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Herpestidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Herpestes	Melastoma
Species	Herpestes urva	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Red melastome
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.