Crab-eating Mongoose vs Cubed Fold Truffle

Herpestes urva compared with Hydnotrya cubispora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cubed Fold Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Herpestidae	Discinaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Hydnotrya
Species	Herpestes urva	Hydnotrya cubispora

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Cubed Fold Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cubed Fold Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cubed Fold Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Germany.