MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Herpestes javanicus

Accepted taxon: Herpestes javanicus
Taxon:	Herpestes javanicus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Herpestidae \| Herpestes
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 Herpestes javanicus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 63, EE (Ether Extract) 17. 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 Herpestes javanicus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Vertebrata	WHOLE	25.00	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	14.66	Smith,A. …
Aves	WHOLE	9.76	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	9.02	Smith,A. …
Orthoptera	WHOLE	6.37	Smith,A. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	6.25	Grzimek,B…
Rodentia	WHOLE	5.67	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	3.33	Subrata, …
Squamata	WHOLE	3.04	Smith,A. …
Reptilia	WHOLE	2.50	Grzimek,B…
Araneae	WHOLE	2.40	Smith,A. …
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	2.16	Smith,A. …
Malacostraca	WHOLE	1.52	Subrata, …
Serpentes	WHOLE	1.44	Smith,A. …
Alethinophidia	WHOLE	1.25	Grzimek,B…
Hymenoptera	WHOLE	1.12	Subrata, …
Anura	WHOLE	0.96	Smith,A. …
Neuroptera	WHOLE	0.95	Subrata, …
Chilopoda	WHOLE	0.72	Smith,A. …
Odonata	WHOLE	0.71	Subrata, …
Isoptera	WHOLE	0.59	Subrata, …
Plecoptera	WHOLE	0.26	Subrata, …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	0.24	Smith,A. …
Diplopoda	WHOLE	0.07	Subrata, …

^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 Herpestes javanicus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
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.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	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, 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 Herpestes javanicus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	305	-	1,200	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	14	14	-	-	-	528.5	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	750	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	14	14	-	-	-	326.7	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Herpestes javanicus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	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 Herpestes javanicus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Herpestes javanicus	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Herpestes javanicus (i)	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Herpestes javanicus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Herpestes javanicus	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Herpestes javanicus	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
Urva javanica	Subrata, S.A. and Permatasari, U.D., 2023. Diet Composition and Overlap of Two Mesocarnivores, Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) and Javan Mongoose (Urva javanica), in Java, Indonesia. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences, 30(4), pp.596-605.	50: Synonym	Verified - Accepted
Herpestes javanicus	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
Herpestes javanicus	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
Herpestes javanicus	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
Herpestes javanicus	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
Herpestes javanicus	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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