MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Prionodon pardicolor

Accepted taxon: Prionodon pardicolor
Taxon:	Prionodon pardicolor
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Viverridae \| Prionodontinae \| Prionodon
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 Prionodon pardicolor diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 60, EE (Ether Extract) 16. 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 Prionodon pardicolor.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Vertebrata	WHOLE	25.00	Smith,A. …
Anura	WHOLE	21.43	Smith,A. …
Rodentia	WHOLE	17.86	Smith,A. …
Squamata	WHOLE	14.29	Smith,A. …
Aves	EGGS	10.71	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	7.14	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	3.57	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 Prionodon pardicolor.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Carnivore,Frugivore-omnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Prionodon pardicolor.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,143	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	-	3	-	1,173	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	583	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	400	-	2,550	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	-	355	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	3	-	-	424	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Prionodon pardicolor.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Prionodon pardicolor.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Prionodon pardicolor	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Prionodon pardicolor	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Prionodon pardicolor	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Prionodon pardicolor	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
Prionodon pardicolor	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
Prionodon pardicolor	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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