Crab-eating Mongoose vs Welsh Pocket-moss

Herpestes urva compared with Fissidens celticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Welsh Pocket-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Herpestidae	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Fissidens
Species	Herpestes urva	Fissidens celticus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Welsh Pocket-moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Welsh Pocket-moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Welsh Pocket-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.