Male social activity in the small Indian mongooseHerpestes javanicus

Autor:	Warren S. T. Hays, Sheila Conant
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	biology Range (biology) Home range Zoology Herpestes javanicus biology.organism_classification Mongoose Animal ecology biology.animal Seasonal breeder Animal Science and Zoology Herpestidae Socioecology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Acta Theriologica. 48:485-494
ISSN:	2190-3743 0001-7051
DOI:	10.1007/bf03192494
Popis:	The mongoose family, Herpestidae, includes several species that comprise the most social small Carnivora. The small Indian mongooseHerpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818), a South Asian species that has been introduced to numerous Caribbean and Pacific islands, has not been reported to show complex sociality. A radio-tracking study conducted on Oahu, Hawaii, revealed that a group of at least 5, and perhaps more than 10, large males in the study area shared a single, large home range during the breeding season. Members of this group spent far more time than expected within 20 m of fellow members. Group members frequently shared dens, sleeping within 50 cm of each other. Females maintained very small, overlapping home ranges inside the male group’s range. Male breeding coalitions have previously been reported in a congeneric species, the slender mongooseHerpestes sanguineus.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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