Crab-eating Mongoose vs Wormseed

Herpestes urva compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Herpestidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Dysphania
Species	Herpestes urva	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Wormseed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).