Crab-eating Mongoose vs Painted Suillus

Herpestes urva compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Painted Suillus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Herpestidae	Suillaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Suillus
Species	Herpestes urva	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Painted Suillus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.