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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Hemiechinus auritus

Accepted taxon: Hemiechinus auritus


Accepted taxon: Hemiechinus auritus
Taxon: Hemiechinus auritus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: ERINACEOMORPHA | Erinaceidae | Erinaceinae | Hemiechinus
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 Hemiechinus auritus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 20, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Hemiechinus auritus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 26.67 Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda WHOLE 22.22 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 12.22 Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata WHOLE 10.00 Grzimek,B…
Anura WHOLE 7.78 Smith,A. …
Serpentes WHOLE 6.67 Smith,A. …
Squamata WHOLE 5.56 Smith,A. …
Mammalia WHOLE 4.44 Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida SEED 3.33 Grzimek,B…
Cucumis FRUIT 1.11 Smith,A. …

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 Hemiechinus auritus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Hemiechinus auritus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 8 8 - - - 482.34 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 110 - 695 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 193.88 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 8 8 - - - 11.3 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Hemiechinus auritus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 2 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 51 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 3 - - McNab, B.…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 23 - - 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 Hemiechinus auritus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Hemiechinus auritus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Hemiechinus auritus McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Hemiechinus auritus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Hemiechinus auritus Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Hemiechinus auritus 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
Hemiechinus auritus 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
Hemiechinus auritus 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
Hemiechinus auritus 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
Hemiechinus auritus 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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