Crab-eating Mongoose vs Elegant Water Shrew

Herpestes urva compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Herpestidae	Soricidae
Genus	Herpestes	Nectogale
Species	Herpestes urva	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.