Crab-eating Mongoose vs Soapberry

Herpestes urva compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Herpestidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Sapindus
Species	Herpestes urva	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Soapberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).