Crab-eating Mongoose vs Heath Damselbug

Herpestes urva compared with Nabis ericetorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Heath Damselbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Nabidae
Genus	Herpestes	Nabis
Species	Herpestes urva	Nabis ericetorum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Heath Damselbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Heath Damselbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Heath Damselbug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.