Crab-eating Mongoose vs Olive Wax Cap

Herpestes urva compared with Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Olive Wax Cap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Herpestidae	Hygrophoraceae
Genus	Herpestes	Hygrophorus
Species	Herpestes urva	Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Olive Wax Cap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Olive Wax Cap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Olive Wax Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.