Crab-eating Mongoose vs Northern Firefly

Herpestes urva compared with Pyractomena borealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Northern Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Herpestidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Herpestes	Pyractomena
Species	Herpestes urva	Pyractomena borealis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Northern Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Northern Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.