Crab-eating Mongoose vs glossy furrow-shell

Herpestes urva compared with Abra nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	glossy furrow-shell
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Herpestidae	Semelidae
Genus	Herpestes	Abra
Species	Herpestes urva	Abra nitida

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and glossy furrow-shell share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

glossy furrow-shell

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	glossy furrow-shell
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

glossy furrow-shell

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.