Crab-eating Mongoose vs Flowery Blewit

Herpestes urva compared with Lepista irina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Flowery Blewit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Herpestidae	Tricholomataceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lepista
Species	Herpestes urva	Lepista irina

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Flowery Blewit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flowery Blewit

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.