MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Pecari tajacu

Accepted taxon: Pecari tajacu
Taxon:	Pecari tajacu
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Tayassuidae \| Pecari
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 Pecari tajacu diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 16, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 60, CP (Crude Protein) 12, 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 Pecari tajacu.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Cactaceae	FRUIT	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	16.67	Damuth, J…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	11.54	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	10.99	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	9.89	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	SEED	8.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	6.04	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	4.95	Grzimek,B…
Fabaceae	SEED	2.75	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	2.20	Grzimek,B…
Squamata	WHOLE	1.10	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	0.55	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 Pecari tajacu.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore,Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Abraham, …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Pecari tajacu.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	34,500	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	17,000	26,000	35,000	-	Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	937.26	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	39.03	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Pecari tajacu.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	102	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	201	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	117	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	5,858	-	-	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 Pecari tajacu.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tayassu tajacu	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu tajacu	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu tajacu	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Pecari tajacu	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu tajacu	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Pecari tajacu	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
Tayassu tajacu	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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
Pecari tajacu	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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