Crab-eating Mongoose vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Herpestes urva compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Herpestidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Herpestes	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Herpestes urva	Pteropus woodfordi

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Dwarf Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.