MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Enhydra lutris

Accepted taxon: Enhydra lutris
Taxon:	Enhydra lutris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Lutrinae \| Enhydra
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 Enhydra lutris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 16, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 63, EE (Ether Extract) 9. 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 Enhydra lutris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Haliotis	WHOLE	39.68	Damuth, J…
Echinoidea	WHOLE	30.16	Damuth, J…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	9.52	Nowak,R. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	7.14	Damuth, J…
Animalia	WHOLE	5.56	Reid,F., …
Brachyura	WHOLE	4.76	Nowak,R. …
Mollusca	WHOLE	3.17	Nowak,R. …

^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 Enhydra lutris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Crustacivore and Clam-Eater	Crustacivore and Clam-Eater,Piscivore and Squid-Eater	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Aquatic	Aquatic	John L. G…
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Enhydra lutris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	34,473	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1,045.94	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	44.06	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Enhydra lutris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	119	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	136	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	260	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	-	-	-	-	-	12,960	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Enhydra lutris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Enhydra lutris	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	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
Enhydra lutris	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	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
Enhydra lutris	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
Enhydra lutris	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
Enhydra lutris	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Enhydra lutris	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
Enhydra lutris	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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