Crab-eating Mongoose vs Toupeira-europeia

Herpestes urva compared with Talpa europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Toupeira-europeia
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Herpestidae	Talpidae
Genus	Herpestes	Talpa
Species	Herpestes urva	Talpa europaea

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Mongoose and Toupeira-europeia share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Toupeira-europeia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Toupeira-europeia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toupeira-europeia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.