Canary fly vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Edwardsiana crataegi compared with Herpestes urva

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Canary fly	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cicadellidae	Herpestidae
Genus	Edwardsiana	Herpestes
Species	Edwardsiana crataegi	Herpestes urva

Evolutionary Relationship

Canary fly and Crab-eating Mongoose share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Canary fly

LC — Least Concern

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Canary fly	Crab-eating Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Canary fly

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Canary fly

The Canary fly (Edwardsiana crataegi) is a species in the genus Edwardsiana. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.