Crab-eating Mongoose vs Tree spurge

Herpestes urva compared with Euphorbia dendroides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Tree spurge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Euphorbia
Species	Herpestes urva	Euphorbia dendroides

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Tree spurge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tree spurge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and United States.