Crab-eating Mongoose vs Toothwort

Herpestes urva compared with Lathraea squamaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Toothwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lathraea
Species	Herpestes urva	Lathraea squamaria

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Toothwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toothwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.