MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ictonyx libyca

Accepted taxon: Ictonyx libyca
Taxon:	Ictonyx libyca
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Mustelinae \| Ictonyx
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 Ictonyx libyca diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 58, EE (Ether Extract) 26. 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 Ictonyx libyca.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Aves	WHOLE	27.78	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	22.22	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	EGGS	16.67	Damuth, J…
Squamata	WHOLE	15.56	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	13.33	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.44	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 Ictonyx libyca.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– 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: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– 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 Ictonyx libyca.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	225	-	-	Juhn, M.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Ictonyx libyca.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	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 Ictonyx libyca.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Ictonyx libyca	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
Poecilictis libyca	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Poecilictis libyca	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Poecilictis libyca	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx libyca	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
Ictonyx libyca	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
Ictonyx libyca	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
Ictonyx libycus	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted

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