MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Spilogale putorius

Accepted taxon: Spilogale putorius
Taxon:	Spilogale putorius
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mephitidae \| Spilogale
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 Spilogale putorius diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 9, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 28. 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 Spilogale putorius.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Muridae	WHOLE	28.57	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	23.81	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	EGGS	19.05	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	14.29	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	CARRION	9.52	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	4.76	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 Spilogale putorius.
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…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Spilogale putorius.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	350.25	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	200	-	1,300	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	566	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	300.4	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	12.52	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Spilogale putorius.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	56	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	266	-	-	Genoud, M…
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 Spilogale putorius.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Spilogale putorius	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Spilogale purtorius	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Spilogale putorius	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
Spilogale putorius	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Spilogale putorius	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
Spilogale putorius	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
Spilogale putorius	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
Spilogale putorius	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Spilogale putorius	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Spilogale putorius	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
Spilogale putorius	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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