Crab-eating Mongoose vs Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Herpestes urva compared with Gardnerycteris keenani

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Herpestidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Herpestes	Gardnerycteris
Species	Herpestes urva	Gardnerycteris keenani

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.