MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Civettictis civetta

Accepted taxon: Civettictis civetta
Taxon:	Civettictis civetta
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Viverridae \| Viverrinae \| Civettictis
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Civettictis civetta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 50, EE (Ether Extract) 18. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Civettictis civetta.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Aves	WHOLE	18.30	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	13.17	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	10.00	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	9.52	Ray,J., 2…
Insecta	WHOLE	7.13	Damuth, J…
Reptilia	WHOLE	6.98	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	6.35	Ray,J., 2…
Ovis aries	WHOLE	5.56	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	CARRION	5.48	Damuth, J…
0	MINERAL	4.76	Ray,J., 2…
Animalia	WHOLE	3.17	Ray,J., 2…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	2.31	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	EGGS	2.12	Nowak,R. …
Anura	WHOLE	1.52	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	1.23	Damuth, J…
Brachyura	WHOLE	1.21	Nowak,R. …
Amphibia	WHOLE	1.19	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Civettictis civetta.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Djagoun,S…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Djagoun,S…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Civettictis civetta.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	10,050	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	7,000	-	20,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	717	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	25.3	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Civettictis civetta.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	147	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Civettictis civetta.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Civettictis civetta	Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Civettictis civetta	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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