Crab-eating Mongoose vs Jacob's Ladder Rust

Herpestes urva compared with Puccinia polemonii

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Jacob's Ladder Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Jacob's Ladder Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Herpestidae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Puccinia
Species	Herpestes urva	Puccinia polemonii

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Jacob's Ladder Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Jacob's Ladder Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jacob's Ladder Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.