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Indian grey mongoose
Urva edwardsii
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
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Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
67 clips name both of them
476 million views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.