MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Melogale moschata

Accepted taxon: Melogale moschata
Taxon:	Melogale moschata
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Mustelinae \| Melogale
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 Melogale moschata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 22, CP (Crude Protein) 49, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Melogale moschata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	25.00	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	16.67	Smith,A. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	10.00	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	9.44	Grzimek,B…
Arachnida	WHOLE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	4.44	Smith,A. …
Gastropoda	WHOLE	3.89	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	3.89	Smith,A. …
Mollusca	WHOLE	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Anura	WHOLE	3.33	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	1.11	Smith,A. …
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.56	Smith,A. …

^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 Melogale moschata.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	Juhn, M.,…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	A. R. Fri…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Melogale moschata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	939	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	563	-	3,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Melogale moschata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
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 Melogale moschata.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Melogale moschata	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Melogale moschata	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Melogale moschata	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Melogale moschata	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
Melogale moschata	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
Melogale moschata	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
Melogale moschata	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
Melogale moschata	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

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