MammalBase - 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.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Otocyon megalotis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 34, CP (Crude Protein) 35, EE (Ether Extract) 22. 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 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. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Otocyon megalotis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal and crepuscular	nocturnal and crepuscular	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Otocyon megalotis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	3,382.21	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	2,000	-	5,400	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	472	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	21.49	-	-	Engelman,…

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. Ã¢â‚¬Å“High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78Ã¢â‚¬â€œ81. 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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