Crab-eating Mongoose vs Thrips

Herpestes urva compared with Aptinothrips stylifer

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Thrips is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Thrips
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Thripidae
Genus	Herpestes	Aptinothrips
Species	Herpestes urva	Aptinothrips stylifer

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Thrips
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.