Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fen Snout

Herpestes urva compared with Nemotelus pantherina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fen Snout
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Herpestes	Nemotelus
Species	Herpestes urva	Nemotelus pantherina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fen Snout

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fen Snout
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fen Snout

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.