MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Atilax paludinosus

Accepted taxon: Atilax paludinosus
Taxon:	Atilax paludinosus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Herpestidae \| Atilax
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 Atilax paludinosus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 14, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 13, CP (Crude Protein) 55, EE (Ether Extract) 14. 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 Atilax paludinosus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	19.29	Damuth, J…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	13.00	Nowak,R. …
Animalia	WHOLE	11.90	Ray,J., 2…
Brachyura	WHOLE	8.06	Damuth, J…
Anura	WHOLE	7.22	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	7.14	Ray,J., 2…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	6.01	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	5.56	Nowak,R. …
Muridae	WHOLE	5.00	Damuth, J…
Bivalvia	WHOLE	4.86	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	EGGS	3.33	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	2.38	Ray,J., 2…
Serpentes	WHOLE	2.08	Nowak,R. …
Coleoptera	WHOLE	1.67	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	1.39	Nowak,R. …
Termitidae	WHOLE	1.11	Damuth, J…

^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 Atilax paludinosus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
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, Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, 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.
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Ray, J. and Sunquist, M., 2001. Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores. Oecologia, 127(3), pp.395-408.
Temporal habits	nocturnal	crepuscular, nocturnal	– Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Ray, J. and Sunquist, M., 2001. Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores. Oecologia, 127(3), pp.395-408.
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	Carnivore, Frugivore-omnivore, Piscivore and Squid-Eater	– Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, 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 Atilax paludinosus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	2,455.63	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,800	-	5,450	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	3,600	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	402	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	24.55	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Atilax paludinosus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	106	-	-	Engelman,…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	69	-	-	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 Atilax paludinosus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	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
Atilax paludinosus	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Atilax paludinosus	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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