Crab-eating Mongoose vs redneck palm

Herpestes urva compared with Dypsis lastelliana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	redneck palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Herpestidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Dypsis
Species	Herpestes urva	Dypsis lastelliana

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

redneck palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	redneck palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

redneck palm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Taiwan.