Crab-eating Mongoose vs Gilled lungfish

Herpestes urva compared with Protopterus amphibius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gilled lungfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Dipneusti (Dipneusti)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ceratodontiformes (Ceratodontiformes)
Family	Herpestidae	Protopteridae
Genus	Herpestes	Protopterus
Species	Herpestes urva	Protopterus amphibius

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Gilled lungfish share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Gilled lungfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gilled lungfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gilled lungfish