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1. Abundance, Distribution, Habitat, Activity and Conservation of Sokoke Bushy-Tailed Mongoose Bdeogale omnivora in Central and North Coast Forests of Kenya

Author:
Rajan Amin; Tim Wacher; Josef Clifford; Bernard Ogwoka; Bernard Risky Agwanda
Source:
Journal of East African natural history 2019 v.108 no.1 pp. 37-48
ISSN:
1026-1613
Subject:
Brachystegia; Herpestidae; cameras; coastal forests; coasts; dogs; ecosystems; forest industries; forest reserves; habitats; humans; hydrocarbons; surveys; woodlands; Kenya
Abstract:
... The Sokoke dog or bushy-tailed mongoose Bdeogale omnivora is poorly known and considered to be endemic to the East African coastal forests. Systematic camera trap surveys, comprising 9229 camera trap days on grids at six study sites, were used to determine the distribution and relative abundance of the Sokoke bushy-tailed mongoose in the two largest Kenyan coastal forests: Boni-Dodori Forest Compl ...
DOI:
10.2982/028.108.0103

2. An African urban mesocarnivore: Navigating the urban matrix of Durban, South Africa

Author:
Jarryd P. Streicher; Tharmalingam Ramesh; Colleen T. Downs
Source:
Global ecology and conservation 2021 v.26 pp. e01482
ISSN:
2351-9894
Subject:
Herpestidae; carnivores; forests; home range; landscapes; refuge habitats; shrublands; synanthropes; urbanization; South Africa
Abstract:
... Urbanisation is rapidly transforming natural habitats with the potential to benefit synanthropic species, especially mesocarnivore species. Knowledge of the spatio-temporal ecology of mongoose species in an urban matrix is limited. Consequently, we examined the home range and habitat use of water mongoose (Atilax paludinosus, n = 14) in an urban matrix landscape. Mongooses were collared and radio- ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01482

3. Are Northeastern Forests of Bangladesh Empty? Insights from Camera-Trapping into Spatiotemporal Activity Pattern of Mammals in a Semi-Evergreen National Park

Author:
Tania Zakir; Harish Debbarma; Rafia Mahjabin; Rasel Debbarma; Zaber Khan; Md. Mizanur Rahman Minu; Fatima Tuz Zahura; Muntasir Akash
Source:
Mammal study 2021 v.46 no.4 pp. 1-17
ISSN:
1348-6160
Subject:
Cuon alpinus; Felis chaus; Herpestidae; Prionailurus bengalensis; Scandentia; biodiversity; camera trapping; forests; national parks; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Bangladesh holds 191 km² semi-evergreen northeastern (NE) forests where systematic camera-trapping has never been carried out. An effort of 587 trap nights in Satchari National Park, a NE forest, revealed ten carnivores, two ungulates, two primates, two rodents, and one treeshrew (12 threatened in Bangladesh; of which three globally threatened; dhole and northern treeshrew were new discoveries). P ...
DOI:
10.3106/ms2020-0114

4. Assessing carnivore distribution from local knowledge across a human‐dominated landscape in central‐southeastern Madagascar

Author:
M. Kotschwar Logan; B. D. Gerber; S. M. Karpanty; S. Justin; F. N. Rabenahy
Source:
Animal conservation 2015 v.18 no.1 pp. 82-91
ISSN:
1367-9430
Subject:
Felis; Herpestidae; carnivores; cats; conservation areas; feral animals; habitat destruction; habitat fragmentation; humans; interviews; landscapes; planning; plant communities; population; poultry; rain forests; Madagascar
Abstract:
... Carnivores are often sensitive to habitat loss and fragmentation, both of which are widespread in Madagascar. Clearing of forests has led to a dramatic increase in highly disturbed, open vegetation communities dominated by humans. In Madagascar's increasingly disturbed landscape, long‐term persistence of native carnivores may be tied to their ability to occupy or traverse these disturbed areas. Ho ...
DOI:
10.1111/acv.12137

5. Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores

Author:
Gutzmann, Lori D.; Hill, H. Karl; Koutsos, Elizabeth A.
Source:
Zoo biology 2009 v.28 no.4 pp. 307-318
ISSN:
0733-3188
Subject:
Herpestidae; zoo animals; insectivores; diet; nutritional adequacy; food acceptability; feed intake; blood chemistry; taurine; body weight; weight control; energy requirements; restricted feeding; weight loss
Abstract:
... This research (involving two separate institutions) assessed the serum chemistries and body weights of meerkats (Suricata suricatta) over a 6-10-week feeding trial to determine the acceptability of a commercially available manufactured diet intended for the feeding of insectivorous animals. Five animals at two zoos were heavier than desired and otherwise healthy at the start of the studies. Measur ...
DOI:
10.1002/zoo.20230
PubMed:
19681145

6. Biology of Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) evansi in experimental heterologous mammalian hosts

Author:
K. K. Misra; S. Roy; A. Choudhury
Source:
Journal of parasitic diseases 2016 v.40 no.3 pp. 1047-1061
ISSN:
0971-7196
Subject:
Herpestidae; Tabanidae; Trypanosoma; blood; camels; cats; cattle; chickens; disease course; genetically modified organisms; horses; hosts; humans; monkeys; parasites; rats; surra
Abstract:
... Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) evansi is a causative agent of the dreadful mammalian disease trypanosomiasis or ‘Surra’ and carried as a latent parasite in domestic cattle but occasionally proves fatal when transmitted to horses and camel. Sporadic outbreak of ‘Surra’ to different animals (beside their natural hosts) reminds that T. evansi may be zoonotic, as their close relative cause sleeping sicknes ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12639-014-0633-1
PubMed:
27605836
PubMed Central:
PMC4996246

7. Capture-Recapture Reveals Heterogeneity in Habitat-Specific Mongoose Densities and Spatiotemporal Variability in Trapping Success in St. Kitts, West Indies

Author:
Caroline C. Sauvé; Are R. Berentsen; Amy T. Gilbert; Anne Conan; Luis Cruz-Martinez; Patrick A. Leighton
Source:
Caribbean journal of science 2022 v.52 no.1 pp. 63-81
ISSN:
0008-6452
Subject:
Herpestidae; autumn; dry forests; habitats; invasive species; mark-recapture studies; rabies; spatial variation; summer; Caribbean; Saint Kitts
Abstract:
... The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a non-native invasive species across the Caribbean and a rabies reservoir on at least four islands in the region. Although previous studies reported mongoose density estimates in their non-native range, the variability in trapping designs, study seasonality, and analytical methods among studies precludes direct comparisons. This study is the first t ...
DOI:
10.18475/cjos.v52i1.a6

8. Carnivoran Ecomorphology: Patterns below the Family Level

Author:
Werdelin Lars; Wesley-Hunt Gina D.
Source:
Annales zoologici Fennici 2014 v. pp. 259-268
ISSN:
0003-455X
Subject:
Canidae; Felidae; Herpestidae; Mustelidae; Viverridae
Abstract:
... We studied the multivariate morphospace of a sample of 216 extant carnivoran species. Emphasis was placed on statistical patterns below the family level in the five largest families. Canidae and Felidae had small morphospaces, indicating low functional richness. Their species are highly non-randomly located in morphospace, hence low functional evenness. Clades at the subfamily level showed no patt ...
DOI:
10.5735/086.051.0224

9. Carnivore biodiversity in Tanzania: revealing the distribution patterns of secretive mammals using camera traps

Author:
Pettorelli, N.; Lobora, A.L.; Msuha, M.J.; Foley, C.; Durant, S.M.
Source:
Animal conservation 2010 v.13 no.2 pp. 131-139
ISSN:
1367-9430
Subject:
Acacia; Herpestidae; biodiversity; cameras; carnivores; conservation areas; cropland; environmental impact; factor analysis; forest reserves; grasslands; habitat preferences; international agreements; issues and policy; land use; mammals; monitoring; national parks; niches; planning; rivers; shrublands; surveys; wildlife; woodlands; Tanzania
Abstract:
... Biodiversity monitoring is critical to assess the effectiveness of management activities and policy change, particularly in the light of accelerating impacts of environmental change, and for compiling national responses to international obligations and agreements. Monitoring methods able to identify species most likely to be affected by environmental change, and pinpoint those changes with the str ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00309.x

10. Classification of Pasteurella species B as Pasteurella oralis sp. nov.

Author:
Henrik Christensen; Mads F. Bertelsen; Anders Miki Bojesen; Magne Bisgaard
Source:
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2012 v.62 no.Pt_6 pp. 1396-1401
ISSN:
1466-5034
Subject:
Atelerix albiventris; DNA; Galago; Pasteurella canis; Pasteurella stomatis; bacteria; cadaverine; cats; dogs; fatty acids; ferrets; genes; gingiva; humans; new species; nucleotide sequences; phylogeny; pneumonia; putrescine; quinones; ribosomal RNA; sequence homology; spermidine; spermine
Abstract:
... Pasteurella species B has so far only been reported from the oral cavity of dogs, cats and a ferret. In the present study, information from 15 recent isolates from different sources, including African hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris), banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), Moholi bushbabies (Galago moholi) and pneumonia of a cat, were compared to five strains investigated previously from bite wounds in h ...
DOI:
10.1099/ijs.0.035246-0
PubMed:
21841008

11. Clonal spread of yersinia enterocolitica 1b/o:8 in multiple zoo species

Author:
Christie L. Hicks; Julia E. Napier; Douglas L. Armstrong; Lori M. Gladney; Cheryl L. Tarr; Molly M. Freeman; Peter C. Iwen
Source:
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2020 v.51 no.1 pp. 170-176
ISSN:
1937-2825
Subject:
Argusianus argus; Colobus; Eulemur; Herpestidae; Hylobates lar; Lycaon pictus; Pongo pygmaeus; Varecia; Yersinia enterocolitica; death; diarrhea; monitoring; monkeys; necropsy; pheasants; signs and symptoms (animals and humans); zoo animals; zoos
Abstract:
... Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) bioserotype 1B/O:8 (YE 1B/O:8) was identified in routine culture of a variety of zoo species housed at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium (OHDZA) from April to July 2011. Animal cases representing 12 species had YE detected from 34 cases during routine fecal monitoring and/or during postmortem examination: Coquerel's sifakas (Propithecus coquereli, two cases), black ...
DOI:
10.1638/2019-0062

12. Coexistence of sympatric carnivores in relatively homogeneous Mediterranean landscapes: functional importance of habitat segregation at the fine-scale level

Author:
Carolina Soto; Francisco Palomares
Source:
Oecologia 2015 v.179 no.1 pp. 223-235
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
Herpestidae; Lynx; Meles meles; Vulpes vulpes; carnivores; habitats; home range; humans; landscapes; life history; vegetation
Abstract:
... One of the main objectives of community ecology is to understand the conditions allowing species to coexist. However, few studies have investigated the role of fine-scale habitat use segregation in the functioning of guild communities in relatively homogeneous landscapes where opportunities for coexistence are likely to be the most restrictive. We investigate how the process of habitat use differe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-015-3311-9

13. Competition, breeding success and ageing rates in female meerkats

Author:
SHARP, S.P.; CLUTTON-BROCK, T.H.
Source:
Journal of evolutionary biology 2011 v.24 no.8 pp. 1756-1762
ISSN:
1010-061X
Subject:
females; breeding; mammals
Abstract:
... Competition between females is particularly intense in cooperatively breeding mammals, where one female monopolises reproduction in each group. Chronic competition often affects stress and may therefore have long-term consequences for fitness, but no studies have yet investigated whether intrasexual competition has effects of this kind and, in particular, whether it affects rates of reproductive s ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02304.x
PubMed:
21599775

14. Consistent individual differences in cooperative behaviour in meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

Author:
ENGLISH, S.; NAKAGAWA, S.; CLUTTON-BROCK, T.H.
Source:
Journal of evolutionary biology 2010 v.23 no.8 pp. 1597-1604
ISSN:
1010-061X
Subject:
Suricata suricatta; babysitting; correlation; data collection; evolution; game theory; life history; models; prediction
Abstract:
... Although recent models for the evolution of personality, using game theory and life-history theory, predict that individuals should differ consistently in their cooperative behaviour, consistent individual differences in cooperative behaviour have rarely been documented. In this study, we used a long-term data set on wild meerkats to quantify the repeatability of two types of cooperative care (bab ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02025.x
PubMed:
20492087

15. Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies

Author:
Dieter Lukas; Tim Clutton-Brock
Source:
Proceedings 2012 v.279 no.1736 pp. 2151-2156
ISSN:
0962-8452
Subject:
altruism; birds; breeding; evolution; females; kinship; mammals; monogamy; paternity; social insects
Abstract:
... Comparative studies of social insects and birds show that the evolution of cooperative and eusocial breeding systems has been confined to species where females mate completely or almost exclusively with a single male, indicating that high levels of average kinship between group members are necessary for the evolution of reproductive altruism. In this paper, we show that in mammals, the evolution o ...
DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2011.2468
PubMed:
22279167
PubMed Central:
PMC3321711

16. Cooperative personalities and social niche specialization in female meerkats

Author:
A. J. Carter; S. English; T. H. Clutton‐Brock
Source:
Journal of evolutionary biology 2014 v.27 no.5 pp. 815-825
ISSN:
1010-061X
Subject:
Herpestidae; animals; females; population structure; social behavior
Abstract:
... The social niche specialization hypothesis predicts that group‐living animals should specialize in particular social roles to avoid social conflict, resulting in alternative life‐history strategies for different roles. Social niche specialization, coupled with role‐specific life‐history trade‐offs, should thus generate between‐individual differences in behaviour that persist through time, or disti ...
DOI:
10.1111/jeb.12358
PubMed:
24666630

17. Coxiella burnetii DNA detected in domestic ruminants and wildlife from Portugal

Author:
Aminata Cumbassá; Maria J. Barahona; Mónica V. Cunha; Beatriz Azórin; Carlos Fonseca; Luís Miguel Rosalino; Jeroen Tilburg; Ferry Hagen; Ana S. Santos; Ana Botelho
Source:
Veterinary microbiology 2015 v.180 no.1-2 pp. 136-141
ISSN:
0378-1135
Subject:
Coxiella burnetii; DNA; Enterobacter cloacae; Herpestidae; Q fever; antelopes; captive animals; carnivores; cattle; cluster analysis; epidemiology; etiological agents; genotype; goats; microbial detection; multiple-locus variable number tandem-repeat analysis; polymerase chain reaction; population structure; sheep; wildlife; zoo animals; zoonoses; Portugal
Abstract:
... Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever or Coxiellosis, a zoonosis mainly affecting domestic ruminants. Information on the population structure and epidemiology of C. burnetii in animals is scarce in Portugal. Evidence of C. burnetti infection was sought in domestic, wild and captive animals based on the detection of bacterial DNA. Tissue samples from 152 domestic animals (cattle=24, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.07.030

18. Co‐existence between Iberian lynx and Egyptian mongooses: estimating interaction strength by structural equation modelling and testing by an observational study

Author:
F. PALOMARES; P. FERRERAS; A. TRAVAINI; M. DELIBES
Source:
journal of animal ecology 1998 v.67 no.6 pp. 967-978
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Herpestidae; Lynx; equations; models; observational studies; rabbits; shrubs; surveys; Spain
Abstract:
... We used path analysis to investigate the causal relationships between Iberian lynx and Egyptian mongoose track numbers, and to estimate the direct effect of the former on the latter in the Doñana area (2750 km²), south‐western Spain. Relative abundance of rabbits, shrub cover and protection level were also considered in the path analysis. An observational study consisting of a repeated track surve ...
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.6760967.x

19. Demography of the Puerto Rican Racer, Borikenophis portoricensis (Squamata: Dipsadidae), on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands

Author:
Eric T. Hileman; Robert Powell; Gad Perry; Krista Mougey; Richard Thomas; Robert W. Henderson
Source:
Journal of herpetology 2017 v.51 no.4 pp. 454-460
ISSN:
1937-2418
Subject:
Dipsadidae; Herpestidae; adults; confidence interval; demography; females; humans; males; models; population growth; researchers; resorts; sex ratio; transponders; trapping; British Virgin Islands
Abstract:
... Guana is a 297-ha island in the British Virgin Islands, a private wildlife sanctuary where human activity is largely restricted to small areas associated with an upscale resort hotel. Guana is free of mongooses and sustains a population of racers (Borikenophis portoricensis; Dipsadidae). Between 2001 and 2012 we marked B. portoricensis with Trovan passive integrated transponders and recorded 394 c ...
DOI:
10.1670/16-147

20. Density dependence in group dynamics of a highly social mongoose, Suricata suricatta

Author:
Andrew W. Bateman; Arpat Ozgul; Tim Coulson; Tim H. Clutton‐Brock
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2012 v.81 no.3 pp. 628-639
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Herpestes; environmental factors; models; mortality; population dynamics; rain; social structure
Abstract:
... 1. For social species, the link between individual behaviour and population dynamics is mediated by group‐level demography. 2. Populations of obligate cooperative breeders are structured into social groups, which may be subject to inverse density dependence (Allee effects) that result from a dependence on conspecific helpers, but evidence for population‐wide Allee effects is rare. 3. We use field ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01934.x
PubMed:
22117843