Crab-eating Mongoose Skull Replica

Description

Crab-eating mongoose skull replica measures 2.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 inches. The Herpestes urva is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The crab-eating mongoose is native to southern Asia and Southeast Asia. They live across Nepal, Bangladesh, northern India, and southern China. They also inhabit Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Loas, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

Despite their common name, they eat just about anything they can catch. Their varied diet consists of crabs, fish, snakes, snails, and frogs. They also hunt for rodents, birds, reptiles, and insects. They are excellent swimmers that hunt along the banks of streams.

They have long faces, a slender body, and short legs. They have a long tapering tail and short round ears. A dusky brown color covers their neck, chest, belly, and limbs.

They have webs between their toes to help them swim fast. Their non-retractable claws are used for heavy digging. They are completely immune to snake venom.

When threatened, the squirt a very foul-smelling fluid from glands near the tail.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Feliformia
• Family: Herpestidae
• Genus: Herpestes
• Species: H. urva
• Binomial name: Herpestes urva
• Conservation status: Least Concern

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