Getting CreatureType from Creature

Hello! Envision this situation. I have a Creature but I do not know which type of creature it is and I want to find the CreatureType. Does enyone know of a good way to do this?

My first approach was to to use many instanceof checks like this:

Code:

CreatureType creatureType;
if (creature instanceof Zombie) {
    creatureType = CreatureType.ZOMBIE;
} else if (creature instanceof Sheep) {
    creatureType = CreatureType.SHEEP;
} else if .......

However that will be one loooong statement.

My current approach is using this function I created:

Code:

public static CreatureType creatureTypeFromEntity(Entity entity) {
    if ( ! (entity instanceof Creature)) {
        return null;
    }

    String name = entity.getClass().getSimpleName();
    name = name.substring(5); // Remove "Craft"

    return CreatureType.fromName(name);
}

Is there a better way? Have I missed something?
If not I would suggest adding this method to bukkit: Creature.getCreatureType()