Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dancing Dropwing

Herpestes urva compared with Trithemis pallidinervis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dancing Dropwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Libellulidae
Genus	Herpestes	Trithemis
Species	Herpestes urva	Trithemis pallidinervis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dancing Dropwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dancing Dropwing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dancing Dropwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Taiwan.