Crab-eating Mongoose vs Fringed Cup

Herpestes urva compared with Encoelia fimbriata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Fringed Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Encoelia
Species	Herpestes urva	Encoelia fimbriata

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed Cup