Crab-eating Mongoose vs Grooved cuttlefish

Herpestes urva compared with Sepia sulcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Grooved cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Herpestidae	Sepiidae
Genus	Herpestes	Sepia
Species	Herpestes urva	Sepia sulcata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Grooved cuttlefish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Grooved cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Grooved cuttlefish