Crab-eating Mongoose vs Ornate Brigadier

Herpestes urva compared with Odontomyia ornata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ornate Brigadier
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Herpestes	Odontomyia
Species	Herpestes urva	Odontomyia ornata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Brigadier

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Ornate Brigadier
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ornate Brigadier

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.