Crab-eating Mongoose vs Damselfly

Herpestes urva compared with Enallagma civile

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Damselfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Herpestes	Enallagma
Species	Herpestes urva	Enallagma civile

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Damselfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.