Crab-eating Mongoose vs Streamside Swordfern

Herpestes urva compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Nephrolepis
Species	Herpestes urva	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.