Crab-eating Mongoose vs Yellow Toadflax Smut

Herpestes urva compared with Melanotaenium cingens

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Yellow Toadflax Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ustilaginales (Ustilaginales)
Family	Herpestidae	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Melanotaenium
Species	Herpestes urva	Melanotaenium cingens

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Toadflax Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Toadflax Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.