Crab-eating Mongoose vs marbled lungfish

Herpestes urva compared with Protopterus aethiopicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	marbled lungfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Dipneusti (Dipneusti)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ceratodontiformes (Ceratodontiformes)
Family	Herpestidae	Protopteridae
Genus	Herpestes	Protopterus
Species	Herpestes urva	Protopterus aethiopicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and marbled lungfish share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

marbled lungfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	marbled lungfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marbled lungfish

Habitat

Native to Africa, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Rwanda.