Accepted taxon: Lutrogale perspicillata
Accepted taxon: Lutrogale perspicillata
| Taxon: |
Lutrogale perspicillata |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Mustelidae | Lutrinae | Lutrogale |
| 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 Lutrogale perspicillata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 14, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 5, CP (Crude Protein) 69, EE (Ether Extract) 11.
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 Lutrogale perspicillata.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Osteichthyes |
WHOLE |
53.71 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Anura |
WHOLE |
6.86 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Brachyura |
WHOLE |
6.00 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Mammalia |
WHOLE |
4.76 |
Smith,A. … |
| Barilius bendelisis |
WHOLE |
4.44 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Chagunius chagunio |
WHOLE |
3.89 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Crustacea |
WHOLE |
3.81 |
Smith,A. … |
| Garra gotyla |
WHOLE |
3.33 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Aves |
WHOLE |
2.95 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Glyptothorax pectinopterus |
WHOLE |
2.78 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Labeo dyocheilus |
WHOLE |
2.22 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Testudines |
WHOLE |
1.90 |
Smith,A. … |
| Puntius ticto |
WHOLE |
1.67 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Schizothorax richardsonii |
WHOLE |
1.11 |
Nawab,Asg… |
| Tor |
WHOLE |
0.56 |
Nawab,Asg… |
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 Lutrogale perspicillata.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
| No trait values available. |
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lutrogale perspicillata.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5,000 |
- |
11,000 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Lutrogale perspicillata.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| humerus diameter |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
- |
- |
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 Lutrogale perspicillata.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
Nawab,Asghar, 2012, Prey selection by smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in response to the variation in fish abundance in Upper Gangetic Plains, India, Mammalia |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
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 |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
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 |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
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 |
| Lutrogale perspicillata |
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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