Crab-eating Mongoose vs White Broom

Herpestes urva compared with Cytisus multiflorus

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while White Broom is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	White Broom
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	Cytisus
Species	Herpestes urva	Cytisus multiflorus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

White Broom

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	White Broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Broom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).