Crab-eating Mongoose vs Three-striped Dasher

Herpestes urva compared with Micrathyria didyma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Three-striped Dasher
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Libellulidae
Genus	Herpestes	Micrathyria
Species	Herpestes urva	Micrathyria didyma

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Three-striped Dasher share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Three-striped Dasher

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Three-striped Dasher
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-striped Dasher

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.