Crab-eating Mongoose vs Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Herpestes urva compared with Artibeus planirostris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Herpestes	Artibeus
Species	Herpestes urva	Artibeus planirostris

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.