MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cerdocyon thous

Accepted taxon: Cerdocyon thous
Taxon:	Cerdocyon thous
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Canidae \| Cerdocyon
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 Cerdocyon thous diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 19, CP (Crude Protein) 53, EE (Ether Extract) 12. 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 Cerdocyon thous.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Vertebrata	WHOLE	12.68	Gatti, A.…
Aves	WHOLE	8.82	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	8.72	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	8.31	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	6.04	Gatti, A.…
Brachyura	WHOLE	5.76	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	WHOLE	4.85	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.80	Damuth, J…
Squamata	WHOLE	4.59	Gatti, A.…
Vertebrata	CARRION	4.09	Grzimek,B…
Anura	WHOLE	3.64	Grzimek,B…
Syagrus romanzoffiana	FRUIT	2.60	Rocha-Men…
Rodentia	WHOLE	2.26	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	1.82	Trovati, …
Fungi	SHOOT	1.82	Grzimek,B…
Hovenia dulcis	FRUIT	1.73	Rocha-Men…
Mammalia	WHOLE	1.36	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	1.27	Gatti, A.…
Plantae	FRUIT	1.21	Trovati, …
Gastropoda	WHOLE	0.91	Grzimek,B…
Allagoptera arenaria	FRUIT	0.89	Gatti, A.…
Solanum	FRUIT	0.87	Rocha-Men…
Cereus fernambucensis	FRUIT	0.78	Gatti, A.…
Ocypode quadrata	WHOLE	0.75	Gatti, A.…
Eugenia	FRUIT	0.73	Gatti, A.…
Myrtaceae	FRUIT	0.69	Gatti, A.…
Colubridae	WHOLE	0.64	Gatti, A.…
Mabuya	WHOLE	0.62	Gatti, A.…
Aves	EGGS	0.61	Trovati, …
Marlierea	FRUIT	0.58	Gatti, A.…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	0.55	Gatti, A.…
Didelphidae	WHOLE	0.55	Gatti, A.…
Amphibia	WHOLE	0.49	Gatti, A.…
Schinus terebinthifolius	FRUIT	0.47	Gatti, A.…
Psidium cattleianum	FRUIT	0.42	Gatti, A.…
Rubiaceae	FRUIT	0.40	Gatti, A.…
Bothrops jararaca	WHOLE	0.38	Gatti, A.…
Ameiva ameiva	WHOLE	0.35	Gatti, A.…
Bolomys	WHOLE	0.33	Gatti, A.…
Didelphimorphia	WHOLE	0.31	Gatti, A.…
Ocotea	FRUIT	0.24	Gatti, A.…
Smilax	FRUIT	0.22	Gatti, A.…
Scaevola plumieri	FRUIT	0.20	Gatti, A.…
Mollusca	WHOLE	0.18	Gatti, A.…
Akodon	WHOLE	0.13	Gatti, A.…
Gracilinanus microtarsus	WHOLE	0.11	Gatti, A.…
Marmosops	WHOLE	0.09	Gatti, A.…
Monodelphis	WHOLE	0.07	Gatti, A.…
Sylvilagus brasiliensis	WHOLE	0.04	Gatti, A.…
Chiroptera	WHOLE	0.02	Gatti, 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 Cerdocyon thous.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Carnivore,Frugivore-omnivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cerdocyon thous.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	5,603.9	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5,742	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	6,500	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	671	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	26.82	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cerdocyon thous.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	109	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	1,497	-	-	Genoud, M…
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 Cerdocyon thous.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cerdocyon thous	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Trovati, Roberto Guilherme, C. B. Campos, and B. A. Brito. "Nota sobre convergÃƒÂªncia e divergÃƒÂªncia alimentar de canÃƒÂdeos e felÃƒÂdeos (Mamalia: Carnivora) simpÃƒÂ¡tricos no Cerrado brasileiro." Neotropical Biology and Conservation 3, no. 2 (2008): 95-100.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	Gatti, A., Bianchi, R., Rosa, C.R.X. and Mendes, S.L., 2006. Diet of two sympatric carnivores, Cerdocyon thous and Procyon cancrivorus, in a restinga area of Espirito Santo State, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22(2), pp.227-230.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	Rocha-Mendes, F., Mikich, S.B., Quadros, J. and Pedro, W.A., 2010. Feeding ecology of carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Atlantic forest remnants, southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10, pp.21-30.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	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
Cerdocyon thous	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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