Crab-eating mongoose
| Crab-eating mongoose | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: | Urva |
| Species: | U. urva |
| Binomial name | |
| Urva urva (Hodgson, 1836) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Distribution of the crab-eating mongoose | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gulo 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.