Crab-eating Mongoose vs Ocellated Darner

Herpestes urva compared with Boyeria grafiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ocellated Darner
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Aeshnidae
Genus	Herpestes	Boyeria
Species	Herpestes urva	Boyeria grafiana

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Ocellated Darner

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ocellated Darner
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ocellated Darner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.