Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dotted Bee-fly

Herpestes urva compared with Bombylius discolor

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Dotted Bee-fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dotted Bee-fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Bombyliidae
Genus	Herpestes	Bombylius
Species	Herpestes urva	Bombylius discolor

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dotted Bee-fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dotted Bee-fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.