Crab-eating Mongoose vs Gray Tortrix

Herpestes urva compared with Cnephasia stephensiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gray Tortrix
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Herpestidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Herpestes	Cnephasia
Species	Herpestes urva	Cnephasia stephensiana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Gray Tortrix

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Gray Tortrix
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray Tortrix

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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