Crab-eating Mongoose vs true senna

Herpestes urva compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while true senna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	true senna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Senna
Species	Herpestes urva	Senna alexandrina

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	true senna
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

true senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).