Crab-eating Mongoose vs

Herpestes urva compared with Diderma meyerae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Physarales (Physarales)
Family	Herpestidae	Didymiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Diderma
Species	Herpestes urva	Diderma meyerae

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Diderma meyerae is a plasmodial slime mold in the order Physarales, forming small, stalked sporangia with a double peridium on decaying plant debris. It inhabits forest leaf litter and woody substrates in humid environments.