Biogeography of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) in Africa, with first records for Laikipia County, central Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dedan Kabuu Ngatia ◽  
Paul Waswa Webala ◽  
Mugo J. Mware ◽  
Thomas M. Butynski ◽  
Yvonne A. Jong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon ◽  
Central Kenya

Sex specificity in the anal gland secretion of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon

2009 ◽  
Vol 203 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Hefetz ◽  
Rina Ben-Yaacov ◽  
Yoram Yom-Tov
Keyword(s):  
Gland Secretion ◽  
Anal Gland ◽  
Anal Gland Secretion ◽  
Sex Specificity ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

scholarly journals Crosstalk Between Culturomics and Microbial Profiling of Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) Gut Microbiome

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 808 ◽  
Author(s):  
André C. Pereira ◽  
Victor Bandeira ◽  
Carlos Fonseca ◽  
Mónica V. Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Microbial Community Composition ◽  
Shannon Index ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Independent Sequence ◽  
Microbial Profiling ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

Recently, we unveiled taxonomical and functional differences in Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) gut microbiota across sex and age classes by microbial profiling. In this study, we generate, through culturomics, extended baseline information on the culturable bacterial and fungal microbiome of the species using the same specimens as models. Firstly, this strategy enabled us to explore cultivable microbial community differences across sexes and to ascertain the influence exerted by biological and environmental contexts of each host in its microbiota signature. Secondly, it permitted us to compare the culturomics and microbial profiling approaches and their ability to provide information on mongoose gut microbiota. In agreement with microbial profiling, culturomics showed that the core gut cultivable microbiota of the mongoose is dominated by Firmicutes and, as previously found, is able to distinguish sex- and age class-specific genera. Additional information could be obtained by culturomics, with six new genera unveiled. Richness indices and the Shannon index were concordant between culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches, highlighting significantly higher values when using microbial profiling. However, the Simpson index underlined higher values for the culturomics-generated data. These contrasting results were due to a differential influence of dominant and rare taxa on those indices. Beta diversity analyses of culturable microbiota showed similarities between adults and juveniles, but not in the data series originated from microbial profiling. Additionally, whereas the microbial profiling indicated that there were several bioenvironmental features related to the bacterial gut microbiota of the Egyptian mongoose, a clear association between microbiota and bioenvironmental features could not be established through culturomics. The discrepancies found between the data generated by the two methodologies and the underlying inferences, both in terms of β-diversity and role of bioenvironmental features, confirm that culture-independent, sequence-based methods have a higher ability to assess, at a fine scale, the influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the microbial community composition of mongoose’ gut. However, when used in a complementary perspective, this knowledge can be expanded by culturomics.

scholarly journals Following The Trail: Factors Underlying the Sudden Expansion of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in Portugal

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e0133768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Barros ◽  
João Carvalho ◽  
Maria João Ramos Pereira ◽  
Joaquim P. Ferreira ◽  
Carlos Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

scholarly journals Expanding the geographical distribution of the Egyptian Mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758), in South Africa

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2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-599
Author(s):  
Lourens H. Swanepoel ◽  
Daan Loock ◽  
Wayne S. Matthews ◽  
Kevin W. Emslie
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

The current geographical distribution of the Egyptian Mongoose or Large Grey Mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758), in South Africa is limited to the south-eastern coastal and eastern sections of the country. One recent sighting in the central part of the country suggested a wider geographical distribution. In this study, we report on confirmed sightings of the Egyptian Mongoose on consecutive years in the central part (at Sasol’s Synfuels Plant in Secunda) of the country. Our sightings thus expand the distribution of the Egyptian Mongoose in South Africa to include some sections of the central to eastern part of the country.

Egyptian Mongoose,Herpestes ichneumon, in southern Turkey

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Cecilia A.W. Bosnian ◽  
Arnoud B. van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Southern Turkey ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

Geographic variation and sexual dimorphism in body size of the Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon in the western limit of its European distribution

2016 ◽  
Vol 264 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Bandeira ◽  
Emílio Virgós ◽  
Tânia Barros ◽  
Mónica V. Cunha ◽  
Carlos Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
European Distribution ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon

scholarly journals Molecular detection and characterization of Leishmania infantum in free-ranging Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacinto Gomes ◽  
Hugo Rocha ◽  
Carina Carvalho ◽  
Victor Bandeira ◽  
Carlos Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leishmania Infantum ◽  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Egyptian Mongoose ◽  
Herpestes Ichneumon ◽  
Free Ranging
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