Crab-eating Mongoose vs toothcup

Herpestes urva compared with Ammannia latifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Herpestidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Ammannia
Species	Herpestes urva	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).