Crab-eating Mongoose vs Silent Firefly

Herpestes urva compared with Photinus indictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Silent Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Herpestidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Herpestes	Photinus
Species	Herpestes urva	Photinus indictus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Silent Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Silent Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silent Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.