Crab-eating Mongoose vs Tree Heath

Herpestes urva compared with Erica arborea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Tree Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Erica
Species	Herpestes urva	Erica arborea

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Tree Heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Tree Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tree Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).