 Herpestidae
"Herpestidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The family of agile, keen-sighted mongooses of Asia and Africa that feed on RODENTS and SNAKES.
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D008988
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.377.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Helogale- Helogale
- Dwarf Mongooses
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Mongoose, Dwarf
- Mongooses, Dwarf
Liberiictis- Liberiictis
- Liberian Mongoose
- Mongoose, Liberian
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpestidae" by people in Profiles.
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Shelafoe C, Thompson FJ, Mwanguhya F, Kyabulima S, Businge R, Mwesige K, Sanderson JL, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK. Caregiver's cognitive traits are associated with pup fitness in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Sci Rep. 2023 10 18; 13(1):17713.
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Vitikainen EIK, Meniri M, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Businge R, Mwanguhya F, Kyabulima S, Mwesige K, Ahabonya S, Sanderson JL, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Hoffman JI, Wells D, Lewis G, Walker SL, Nichols HJ, Blount JD, Cant MA. The social formation of fitness: lifetime consequences of prenatal nutrition and postnatal care in a wild mammal population. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 08 14; 378(1883):20220309.
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Nichols HJ, Arbuckle K, Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Wells DA. A double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongooses. Ecol Lett. 2021 Sep; 24(9):1966-1975.
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Marshall HH, Johnstone RA, Thompson FJ, Nichols HJ, Wells D, Hoffman JI, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Blount JD, Cant MA. A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society. Nat Commun. 2021 06 23; 12(1):3717.
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Marshall HH, Griffiths DJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Griffiths AGF, Kyabulima S, Mwesige K, Sanderson JL, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA. Data collection and storage in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies: The Mongoose 2000 system. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0190740.
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Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Sanderson JL, Bell MBV, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Nichols HJ, Cant MA. Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 May 17; 284(1854).
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Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Bell MBV, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA. Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 05 16; 114(20):5207-5212.
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Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EI, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Cant MA. Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses. Proc Biol Sci. 2016 Mar 16; 283(1826):20152607.
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Inzani EL, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Hodge SJ, Cant MA, Vitikainen EI. Female reproductive competition explains variation in prenatal investment in wild banded mongooses. Sci Rep. 2016 Jan 28; 6:20013.
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Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EI, Thompson FJ, Walker SL, Cant MA, Young AJ. Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses. Biol Lett. 2015 Oct; 11(10).
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