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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Otocyon megalotis

Accepted taxon: Otocyon megalotis


Accepted taxon: Otocyon megalotis
Taxon: Otocyon megalotis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Canidae | Otocyon
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 Otocyon megalotis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 34, CP (Crude Protein) 35, EE (Ether Extract) 22. 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 Otocyon megalotis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Hodotermitidae WHOLE 15.48 Clark Jr,…
Macrotermitinae WHOLE 12.50 Clark Jr,…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 10.00 Clark Jr,…
Termitidae WHOLE 8.97 Clark Jr,…
Aves WHOLE 7.14 Clark Jr,…
Insecta WHOLE 6.85 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SEED 5.00 Clark Jr,…
Coleoptera WHOLE 4.20 Clark Jr,…
Mammalia WHOLE 4.17 Clark Jr,…
Vertebrata WHOLE 3.93 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 2.50 Damuth, J…
Arthropoda WHOLE 2.23 Nowak,R. …
Reptilia WHOLE 2.08 Clark Jr,…
Hymenoptera WHOLE 2.05 Clark Jr,…
Coleoptera LARVAE 1.79 Grzimek,B…
Rodentia WHOLE 1.79 Nowak,R. …
Gryllidae WHOLE 1.59 Clark Jr,…
Orthoptera WHOLE 1.36 Clark Jr,…
Aves EGGS 1.34 Nowak,R. …
Muridae WHOLE 1.19 Grzimek,B…
Diplopoda WHOLE 1.14 Clark Jr,…
Lepidoptera WHOLE 0.91 Clark Jr,…
Lepidoptera LARVAE 0.68 Clark Jr,…
Scorpiones WHOLE 0.45 Clark Jr,…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 0.45 Nowak,R. …
Solifugae WHOLE 0.23 Clark Jr,…

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 Otocyon megalotis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits nocturnal and crepuscular nocturnal and crepuscular John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Otocyon megalotis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 10 10 - - - 3,382.21 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 2,000 - 5,400 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 7 7 - - - 472 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 10 10 - - - 21.49 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Otocyon megalotis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a 4 4 - - - 116 - - Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a 4 4 - - - 136 - - Evans, Al…
brainmass nan g - - - - - 26 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 110 - - Engelman,…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 23 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 21 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 77 - - 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 Otocyon megalotis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Otocyon megalotis Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. “High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.” Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature05433. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Clark Jr,H. O., 2005, Otocyon megalotis, Mammalian Species 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University). 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis 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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