MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Thrichomys pachyurus

Accepted taxon: Thrichomys pachyurus
Taxon:	Thrichomys pachyurus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Echimyidae \| Eumysopinae \| Thrichomys
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Thrichomys pachyurus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Thrichomys pachyurus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal,Terrestrial	Carvalhae…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Thrichomys pachyurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	330	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	236	-	296	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	13	13	-	-	-	320.07	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	13	13	-	-	-	227.85	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Thrichomys pachyurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Thrichomys pachyurus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Thrichomys pachyurus	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
Thrichomys pachyurus	Carvalhaes, J.G., Tavares, W.C., do Val Vilela, R. and D’Andrea, P.S., 2022. Phylogenetic, Allometric, and Ecological Factors Affecting Morphological Variation in the Scapula and Humerus of Spiny Rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, pp.1-18.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Thrichomys fosteri	Carvalhaes, J.G., Tavares, W.C., do Val Vilela, R. and D’Andrea, P.S., 2022. Phylogenetic, Allometric, and Ecological Factors Affecting Morphological Variation in the Scapula and Humerus of Spiny Rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, pp.1-18.	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Thrichomys fosteri	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.	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Thrichomys pachyurus	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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