five-leaf crotalaria vs Javan Mongoose

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Herpestes javanicus

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Javan Mongoose is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Javan Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Crotalaria	Herpestes
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Herpestes javanicus

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Javan Mongoose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Javan Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Javan Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Mauritius), Asia (Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇵 Japan 🇫🇲 Micronesia