MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tapirus indicus

Accepted taxon: Tapirus indicus
Taxon:	Tapirus indicus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PERISSODACTYLA \| Tapiridae \| Tapirus
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 Tapirus indicus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 20, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 57, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Tapirus indicus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	47.62	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	21.43	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	19.05	Grzimek,B…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Selaginella willdenowii	SHOOT	4.76	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 Tapirus indicus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tapirus indicus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	308,100	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	250,000	-	540,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2,750	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	89.84	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tapirus indicus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	265	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	427	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	112	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	111	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	275	-	-	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 Tapirus indicus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tapirus indicus	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus indicus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus indicus	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
Tapirus indicus	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus indicus	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus indicus	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
Tapirus indicus	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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