MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Viverricula indica

Accepted taxon: Viverricula indica
Taxon:	Viverricula indica
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Viverridae \| Viverrinae \| Viverricula
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 Viverricula indica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 12, CP (Crude Protein) 54, EE (Ether Extract) 22. 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 Viverricula indica.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	7.29	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	WHOLE	7.00	Nowak,R. …
Aves	WHOLE	6.41	Smith,A. …
Muridae	WHOLE	6.12	Smith,A. …
Vertebrata	CARRION	5.83	Nowak,R. …
Scarabaeoidea	LARVAE	5.25	Nowak,R. …
Sciurinae	WHOLE	5.25	Smith,A. …
Pyrus	FRUIT	4.90	Akrim, F.…
Gallus gallus	WHOLE	4.64	Akrim, F.…
Tatera indica	WHOLE	4.38	Akrim, F.…
Rubus fruticosus	FRUIT	4.12	Akrim, F.…
Pyrus malus	FRUIT	3.87	Akrim, F.…
Mus musculus	WHOLE	3.61	Akrim, F.…
Squamata	WHOLE	3.50	Smith,A. …
Eriobotrya japonica	FRUIT	3.35	Akrim, F.…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	3.21	Nowak,R. …
Amphibia	WHOLE	3.09	Akrim, F.…
Pycnonotus leucogenys	WHOLE	2.84	Akrim, F.…
Ziziphus	FRUIT	2.58	Akrim, F.…
Rattus norvegicus	WHOLE	2.32	Akrim, F.…
Olea ferruginea	FRUIT	2.06	Akrim, F.…
Diospyros lotus	FRUIT	1.55	Akrim, F.…
0	MINERAL	1.29	Akrim, F.…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	1.17	Nowak,R. …
Passer domesticus	WHOLE	1.03	Akrim, F.…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	0.77	Akrim, F.…
Rattus rattus	WHOLE	0.52	Akrim, F.…
Citrullus lanatus	FRUIT	0.26	Akrim, F.…

^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 Viverricula indica.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore, Frugivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore, Frugivore-omnivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Viverricula indica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	1,550	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	2,919	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	12	-	-	12	-	2,324.66	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	5	-	-	2,608.16	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,395	-	4,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	12	-	-	12	-	541.87	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	5	-	-	520.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	569.8	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	17.79	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Viverricula indica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	95	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Nelson, A…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Viverricula indica.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Viverricula indica	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	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
Viverricula indica	Akrim, F., Mahmood, T., Belant, J.L., Nadeem, M.S., Qasim, S., Dhendup, T., Fatima, H., Bukhari, S.A., Aslam, A., Younis, H. and Rafique, A., 2023. Niche partitioning by sympatric civets in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan. PeerJ, 11, p.e14741.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	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
Viverricula indica	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	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
Viverricula indica	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
Viverricula indica	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Viverricula indica	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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