Crab-eating Mongoose vs tree mallow

Herpestes urva compared with Malva arborea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	tree mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Herpestidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Malva
Species	Herpestes urva	Malva arborea

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

tree mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	tree mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tree mallow

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Namibia, South Africa), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).