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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Crab-eating Mongoose being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Galictis vittata
- Herpestes ichneumon
- Atilax paludinosus
- Meles anakuma
- Galictis cuja
- Melogale subaurantiaca
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Herpestidae
- Genus
- Urva
- Species
- Urva urva
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