Crab-eating mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the crab-eating mongoose lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Herpestes urva
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Where does the crab-eating mongoose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the crab-eating mongoose in 3 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the crab-eating mongoose endangered?

The crab-eating mongoose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the crab-eating mongoose?

The crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Herpestes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the crab-eating mongoose

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Crab-eating mongoose (revision 1365493058), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q938494 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).