Crab-eating Mongoose vs Urucuri palm

Herpestes urva compared with Attalea phalerata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Urucuri palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Herpestidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Attalea
Species	Herpestes urva	Attalea phalerata

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Urucuri palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Urucuri palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Urucuri palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.