Crab-eating mongoose

Crab-eating mongoose
CITES Appendix III 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Urva
Species:
U. urva
Binomial name
Urva urva
(Hodgson, 1836)
Subspecies
  • U. u. urva
  • U. u. annamensis
  • U. u. formosanus
  • U. u. sinensis
Distribution of the crab-eating mongoose
Synonyms

Gulo urva
Herpestes urva

The crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva) is a species of mongoose found from the north-eastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and Taiwan. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

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