Accepted taxon: Otocyon megalotis
Accepted taxon: Otocyon megalotis
Taxon:
Otocyon megalotis
Rank:
Species
Higher Classification:
CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Canidae | Otocyon
Reference:
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0
CF+ASH NFE CP+EE
Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Otocyon megalotis diet.Mammalian Biology , pp.1-15.
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Table 1. List of Diet Items for Otocyon megalotis.
TSN Complete name
Part
Ratio a.
Reference(s)
Hodotermitidae WHOLE
15.48
Clark Jr,…
Macrotermitinae WHOLE
12.50
Clark Jr,…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT
10.00
Clark Jr,…
Termitidae WHOLE
8.97
Clark Jr,…
Aves WHOLE
7.14
Clark Jr,…
Insecta WHOLE
6.85
Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SEED
5.00
Clark Jr,…
Coleoptera WHOLE
4.20
Clark Jr,…
Mammalia WHOLE
4.17
Clark Jr,…
Vertebrata WHOLE
3.93
Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida ROOT
2.50
Damuth, J…
Arthropoda WHOLE
2.23
Nowak,R. …
Reptilia WHOLE
2.08
Clark Jr,…
Hymenoptera WHOLE
2.05
Clark Jr,…
Coleoptera LARVAE
1.79
Grzimek,B…
Rodentia WHOLE
1.79
Nowak,R. …
Gryllidae WHOLE
1.59
Clark Jr,…
Orthoptera WHOLE
1.36
Clark Jr,…
Aves EGGS
1.34
Nowak,R. …
Muridae WHOLE
1.19
Grzimek,B…
Diplopoda WHOLE
1.14
Clark Jr,…
Lepidoptera WHOLE
0.91
Clark Jr,…
Lepidoptera LARVAE
0.68
Clark Jr,…
Scorpiones WHOLE
0.45
Clark Jr,…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT
0.45
Nowak,R. …
Solifugae WHOLE
0.23
Clark Jr,…
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.
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Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Otocyon megalotis.
Measurement
Location
Unit
n Total
n Unknown
n Female
n Male
Min
Mean
Max
SD
Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a
4
4
-
-
-
116
-
-
Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a
4
4
-
-
-
136
-
-
Evans, Al…
brainmass nan
g
-
-
-
-
-
26
-
-
Engelman,…
skull_length nan
mm
-
-
-
-
-
110
-
-
Engelman,…
femur circumference nan
mm
-
-
-
-
-
23
-
-
Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan
mm
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
-
Nelson, A…
neck length nan
mm
-
-
-
-
-
77
-
-
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 Otocyon megalotis.
Taxon
Reference
Match
Status
Otocyon megalotis Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. “High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.†Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature05433. 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Clark Jr,H. O., 2005, Otocyon megalotis, Mammalian Species 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match
Verified - Accepted
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis 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
Otocyon megalotis 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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