Crab-eating Mongoose vs Cotonéaster

Herpestes urva compared with Cotoneaster pannosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cotonéaster
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnivores)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Herpestes	Cotoneaster
Species	Herpestes urva	Cotoneaster pannosus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Cotonéaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cotonéaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Uruguay).