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Indian grey mongoose
Urva edwardsii
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
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Asian palm civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Carnivores · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
1,020 views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
3.18 kg
🐾 Asian palm civet · COMBINE
Body length
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
0.62 m
🐾 Asian palm civet · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
25 yr
🐾 Asian palm civet · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Feliformia (suborder), home to 257 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 21 million years ago.
Estimates range from 19 to 24 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).