Crab-eating Mongoose vs Marsh Firetail

Herpestes urva compared with Telebasis digiticollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Marsh Firetail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Herpestes	Telebasis
Species	Herpestes urva	Telebasis digiticollis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Marsh Firetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.