Crab-eating Mongoose vs Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat

Herpestes urva compared with Eumops hansae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Herpestidae	Molossidae
Genus	Herpestes	Eumops
Species	Herpestes urva	Eumops hansae

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sanborn’s Bonneted Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.