Crab-eating mongoose

Crab-eating mongoose

Order : Carnivora
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Herpestinae
Species : Herpestes urva

 

The Crab-eating mongoose is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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1. crab -- (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)
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2. crab, crabby person -- (a quarrelsome grouch)
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crabby person
3. crab, crabmeat -- (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)
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4. crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis -- (infests the pubic region of the human body)
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5. crab -- (a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race")
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