Crab-eating Mongoose vs Slash pine

Herpestes urva compared with Pinus elliottii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Crab-eating Mongoose Slash pine
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order Carnivora (Carnivorans) Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family Herpestidae Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus Herpestes Pinus (Pines)
Species Herpestes urva Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Crab-eating Mongoose Slash pine
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Crab-eating Mongoose

No description available.

Slash pine

No description available.

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