Crab-eating Mongoose vs Cupped Ear

Herpestes urva compared with Otidea cantharella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cupped Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Herpestidae	Otideaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Otidea
Species	Herpestes urva	Otidea cantharella

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.