Crab-eating Mongoose vs dooryard sowbug

Herpestes urva compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Herpestidae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Herpestes	Porcellio
Species	Herpestes urva	Porcellio laevis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	dooryard sowbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).