Crab-eating Mongoose vs Yellowfoot

Herpestes urva compared with Craterellus tubaeformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Yellowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cantharellales (Cantharellales)
Family	Herpestidae	Hydnaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Craterellus
Species	Herpestes urva	Craterellus tubaeformis

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Yellowfoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Yellowfoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

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