MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Hemigalus derbyanus

Accepted taxon: Hemigalus derbyanus
Taxon:	Hemigalus derbyanus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Viverridae \| Hemigalinae \| Hemigalus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Hemigalus derbyanus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 24, CP (Crude Protein) 51, EE (Ether Extract) 11. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Hemigalus derbyanus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Orthoptera	WHOLE	40.00	Grzimek,B…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	30.00	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	10.00	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Hemigalus derbyanus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Hemigalus derbyanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	-	2	-	795	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	855.33	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	800	-	3,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	-	2	-	476.66	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	3	-	-	467.5	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Hemigalus derbyanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	83	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Hemigalus derbyanus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Hemigalus derbyanus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hemigalus derbyanus	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hemigalus derbyanus	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hemigalus derbyanus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hemigalus derbyanus	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hemigalus derbyanus	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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