Crab-eating Mongoose vs Rusty Crust

Herpestes urva compared with Skeletocutis amorpha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rusty Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Herpestidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Skeletocutis
Species	Herpestes urva	Skeletocutis amorpha

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rusty Crust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.