Crab-eating Mongoose vs Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Herpestes urva compared with Phyllostomus discolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Pale Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Herpestidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Herpestes	Phyllostomus
Species	Herpestes urva	Phyllostomus discolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Pale Spear-nosed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Pale Spear-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.