Crab-eating Mongoose vs Four-Lined Silverfish

Herpestes urva compared with Ctenolepisma lineata

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Four-Lined Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Four-Lined Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Herpestidae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Herpestes	Ctenolepisma
Species	Herpestes urva	Ctenolepisma lineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Four-Lined Silverfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Four-Lined Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Four-Lined Silverfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Four-Lined Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States.