Narrow-striped mongoose
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Eupleridae |
Genus: | Mungotictis Pocock, 1915 |
Species: | M. decemlineata[1]
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Binomial name | |
Mungotictis decemlineata A. Grandidier , 1867)
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Narrow-striped mongoose range |
The narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) is a member of the
Taxonomy
Galidia decemlineata was the
Phylogeny
The narrow-striped mongoose is part of the Malagasy carnivore family
Behaviour and ecology
The narrow-striped mongoose is
The narrow-striped mongoose demonstrates two unique social behaviours. Females form home ranges in their habitat, where 1-3 females form a stable social unit with their offspring. Males also form their own social units with 2-4 adult males. The male units have a large home range, which often overlap with at least 3 female social units, where mates find one another.[7]
The narrow-striped mongoose creates small nests in trees and brush, and has been known to share trees with
Reproduction
Males often mate with more than one female and are considered polygamous. Females may also mate with more than one male. Narrow-striped mongooses of neighbouring units are closely related, with females more closely related than males, most likely because females disperse in a smaller area. Females give birth to one offspring per season, which is usually born at the end of the dry season between October and December.
If the cub dies, they give birth to another one by February or March. Many offspring do not survive. There is about a 28% success rate of young surviving, and it is often the oldest offspring of the most dominant female that will prevail.[7] The gestation period lasts 74–106 days.[8]
Feeding habits
The narrow-striped mongoose forages in top soil, ground litter and rotten wood from fallen trees. A study in the
Air-dried scat was used to determine preferences in the diet of the narrow-striped mongoose. Evidence showed that its diet included reptile egg membrane, bones, feathers and fragments of arthropods. Invertebrates were its main source of food during the dry season of May to August and the wet season of January to March in the Kirindy Forest. The Jaccard index was used to determine which prey items and arthropods it preferred to eat during each season of the year. The results indicated that it consumes any food that was available; it was not selective towards any particular prey item. Insect larva was a main part of its diet. It forages in top soil, ground litter, and rotten wood from fallen trees, which shows how insect larvae could be considered a staple part of its diet. Gastropoda were also found as a main source of food during rainy seasons.[9]
Conservation
The narrow-striped mongoose is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because it occurs in a severely fragmented area and is threatened by habitat loss due to logging and conversion to agriculturally used land.[2]
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780226303062.
- ^ Grandidier, A. (1867). "Mammifères et oiseaux nouveaux découverts à Madagascar et décrits". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 2. 19: 84–113.
- ^ Pocock, R.I. (1915). "On the Species of the Mascarene Viverrid Galidictis, with a description of a new Genus, and a note on Galidia elegans". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 16 (92): 113–123.
- PMID 16012099.
- ^ PMID 27231532.
- .
- ^ a b Rasolofoniaina, B; Razafy, P.; Andrianarimisa, A.; Razafimahatratra, E. & Kappeler, P.M. (2019). "Feeding ecology of bokiboky, Mungotictis decemlineata (Family Eupleridae)" (PDF). Malagasy Nature. 13: 152–161.
External links
- Media related to Mungotictis decemlineata at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Mungotictis decemlineata at Wikispecies