Crab-eating Mongoose vs Wire With

Herpestes urva compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Wire With
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	Desmodium
Species	Herpestes urva	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.