Crab-eating Mongoose vs Three-colour Groundling

Herpestes urva compared with Caryocolum tricolorella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Three-colour Groundling
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Carnivora (carnivores)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Herpestidae	Gelechiidae
Genus	Herpestes	Caryocolum
Species	Herpestes urva	Caryocolum tricolorella

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Three-colour Groundling share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Three-colour Groundling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Three-colour Groundling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-colour Groundling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.