Crab-eating Mongoose vs Rusty Snaketail

Herpestes urva compared with Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rusty Snaketail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Gomphidae
Genus	Herpestes	Ophiogomphus
Species	Herpestes urva	Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Snaketail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rusty Snaketail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Snaketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.