Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dune Villa

Herpestes urva compared with Villa modesta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dune Villa
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	Villa
Species	Herpestes urva	Villa modesta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dune Villa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dune Villa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dune Villa

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.