Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dashed Slender Robberfly

Herpestes urva compared with Leptogaster guttiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dashed Slender Robberfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Asilidae
Genus	Herpestes	Leptogaster
Species	Herpestes urva	Leptogaster guttiventris

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dashed Slender Robberfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dashed Slender Robberfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dashed Slender Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.