Crab-eating Mongoose vs Pine Jelly

Herpestes urva compared with Exidia saccharina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Pine Jelly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Herpestidae	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Exidia
Species	Herpestes urva	Exidia saccharina

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Pine Jelly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Pine Jelly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pine Jelly

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.