vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Aphanocapsa holsatica compared with Herpestes urva

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Microcystaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Aphanocapsa	Herpestes
Species	Aphanocapsa holsatica	Herpestes urva

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden.

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Aphanocapsa holsatica is a colonial cyanobacterium in the family Merismopediaceae, forming small, diffuse colonies of spherical cells embedded in a colorless mucilaginous matrix. It inhabits the plankton of oligotrophic to mesotrophic freshwater lakes.