Crab-eating Mongoose vs Stinking Dapperling

Herpestes urva compared with Lepiota cristata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Stinking Dapperling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Herpestidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Herpestes	Lepiota
Species	Herpestes urva	Lepiota cristata

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Dapperling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Stinking Dapperling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Dapperling

Habitat

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

Range

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