MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Arctonyx collaris

Accepted taxon: Arctonyx collaris
Taxon:	Arctonyx collaris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Mustelinae \| Arctonyx
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 Arctonyx collaris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 32, CP (Crude Protein) 41, EE (Ether Extract) 8. 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 Arctonyx collaris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	39.68	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	22.22	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	17.46	Smith,A. …
Animalia	WHOLE	11.11	Nowak,R. …
Gastropoda	WHOLE	4.76	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	3.17	Smith,A. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	1.59	Smith,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 Arctonyx collaris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	– 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	Frugivore	Frugivore	– 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 Arctonyx collaris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	14	-	-	14	-	7,916	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	-	10	-	-	8,968	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	14	-	-	14	-	5,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	22	-	22	-	-	7,851	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	13	-	-	13	-	2,637	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	6,310	-	14,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	15	-	15	-	-	5,920	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	-	-	11	-	9,309	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	9	-	-	3,561	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	8,167	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	14	-	-	14	-	652.14	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	10	-	10	-	-	628.5	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	14	-	-	14	-	581.07	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	22	-	22	-	-	652.86	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	13	-	-	13	-	428.15	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	15	-	15	-	-	582	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	-	-	11	-	633.82	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	9	-	-	465.56	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Arctonyx collaris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Nelson, A…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	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 Arctonyx collaris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Arctonyx collaris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Arctonyx collaris	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Arctonyx collaris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Arctonyx collaris	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
Arctonyx collaris	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
Arctonyx collaris	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
Arctonyx collaris	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
Arctonyx collaris	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
Arctonyx collaris	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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