Crab-eating Mongoose vs Rough Bedstraw

Herpestes urva compared with Galium asprellum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rough Bedstraw
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Herpestidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Galium
Species	Herpestes urva	Galium asprellum

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Rough Bedstraw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rough Bedstraw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough Bedstraw

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.