Crab-eating Mongoose vs Rusty Porecrust

Herpestes urva compared with Fuscoporia ferruginosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Rusty Porecrust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)
Family	Herpestidae	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Fuscoporia
Species	Herpestes urva	Fuscoporia ferruginosa

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Porecrust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Porecrust

Habitat

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

Range

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