Crab-eating Mongoose vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Herpestes urva compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Herpestidae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Urocystis
Species	Herpestes urva	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	False Oat-Grass Smut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Oat-Grass Smut