MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cryptoprocta ferox

Accepted taxon: Cryptoprocta ferox
Taxon:	Cryptoprocta ferox
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Eupleridae \| Euplerinae \| Cryptoprocta
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 Cryptoprocta ferox diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 7, CP (Crude Protein) 61, EE (Ether Extract) 21. 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 Cryptoprocta ferox.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	26.19	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	21.43	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	WHOLE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Lemuridae	WHOLE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Anura	WHOLE	7.14	Nowak,R. …
Amphibia	WHOLE	4.76	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 Cryptoprocta ferox.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cryptoprocta ferox.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	-	11	-	-	6,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	14,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	7,484.27	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	9,500	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	17	-	-	17	-	7,400	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	16	-	-	16	-	565	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	-	11	-	-	549	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	750	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	27.2	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cryptoprocta ferox.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	125	-	-	Engelman,…
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 Cryptoprocta ferox.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cryptoprocta ferox	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	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
Cryptoprocta ferox	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
Cryptoprocta ferox	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
Cryptoprocta ferox	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
Cryptoprocta ferox	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
Cryptoprocta ferox	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cryptoprocta ferox	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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