Crab-eating Mongoose vs Ooldea dunnart

Herpestes urva compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Herpestidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Herpestes	Sminthopsis
Species	Herpestes urva	Sminthopsis ooldea

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Ooldea dunnart share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.