Crab-eating Mongoose vs Tear Dropper

Herpestes urva compared with Cylindrobasidium laeve

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Tear Dropper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Herpestidae	Physalacriaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Cylindrobasidium
Species	Herpestes urva	Cylindrobasidium laeve

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Tear Dropper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Tear Dropper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tear Dropper

Habitat

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

Range

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