Crab-eating Mongoose vs Valley redstem

Herpestes urva compared with Ammannia coccinea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Valley redstem
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Herpestidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Ammannia
Species	Herpestes urva	Ammannia coccinea

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Valley redstem

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Valley redstem
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Valley redstem

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), and South America (Chile, Colombia).