MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ictonyx striatus

Accepted taxon: Ictonyx striatus
Taxon:	Ictonyx striatus
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 striatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 62, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 striatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Rodentia	WHOLE	22.14	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	10.81	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	EGGS	10.60	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	8.33	Damuth, J…
Serpentes	WHOLE	7.04	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	WHOLE	5.69	Damuth, J…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	5.56	Tryjanows…
Passer domesticus	WHOLE	4.86	Tryjanows…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	4.17	Tryjanows…
Chiroptera	WHOLE	3.47	Tryjanows…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	3.33	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	2.78	Grzimek,B…
Animalia	WHOLE	2.38	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SEED	2.08	Tryjanows…
Anura	WHOLE	2.08	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	1.39	Tryjanows…
Mammalia	WHOLE	1.39	Grzimek,B…
Gallus gallus	WHOLE	1.19	Nowak,R. …
Hymenoptera	WHOLE	0.69	Tryjanows…

^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 striatus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
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, 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	– 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 Ictonyx striatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	811	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	-	532.51	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	400	-	2,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	308.87	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	15.02	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Ictonyx striatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64	-	-	Engelman,…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	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 striatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Ictonyx striatus	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	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
Ictonyx striatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	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 striatus	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
Ictonyx striatus	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 striatus	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
Ictonyx striatus	Tryjanowski, P., Węgiel, A., Fushiya, T. and Obłuski, A., 2024. Importance of birds and bats in the diet of the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus) in archaeological heritage Old Dongola (Sudan). Journal of Arid Environments, 225, p.105259.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ictonyx striatus	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 striatus	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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