Accepted taxon: Paraechinus aethiopicus
Accepted taxon: Paraechinus aethiopicus
| Taxon: |
Paraechinus aethiopicus |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
ERINACEOMORPHA | Erinaceidae | Erinaceinae | Paraechinus |
| 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 Paraechinus aethiopicus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 59, EE (Ether Extract) 18.
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 Paraechinus aethiopicus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
40.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Vertebrata |
WHOLE |
25.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
15.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Aves |
EGGS |
10.00 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Scorpiones |
WHOLE |
5.00 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Vertebrata |
EGGS |
5.00 |
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Paraechinus aethiopicus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
151 |
- |
700 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
150 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
170 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Paraechinus aethiopicus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
113 |
- |
- |
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 Paraechinus aethiopicus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Paraechinus aethiopus |
McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
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 |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
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 |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
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 |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
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 |
| Paraechinus aethiopicus |
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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