Crab-eating mongoose

Crab-eating mongoose
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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
	U. u. urva; U. u. annamensis; U. u. formosanus; U. u. sinensis;
	Distribution of the crab-eating mongoose
Synonyms
	Gulo urva; Herpestes urva

The crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva) is a mongoose species ranging from the northeastern 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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