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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Galictis cuja

Accepted taxon: Galictis cuja


Accepted taxon: Galictis cuja
Taxon: Galictis cuja
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Mustelidae | Mustelinae | Galictis
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 Galictis cuja diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 10, CP (Crude Protein) 55, EE (Ether Extract) 24. 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 Galictis cuja.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Rodentia WHOLE 26.67 Damuth, J…
Aves WHOLE 24.44 Damuth, J…
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris WHOLE 22.22 Rocha-Men…
Coleoptera WHOLE 8.89 Rocha-Men…
Reptilia WHOLE 6.67 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 4.44 Damuth, J…
Hemiptera WHOLE 4.44 Rocha-Men…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 2.22 Damuth, J…

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 Galictis cuja.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore, Frugivore-omnivore – Cofre, H. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68., 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., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore, Frugivore – Cofre, H. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68., 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., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial – Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Galictis cuja.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 1,000 - - Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 6 - 6 - - 1,030 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) Chile g - - - - - 1,580 - - Cofre, H.…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 15 - - 15 - 2,120 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 1,000 - 3,200 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 1,000 2,000 3,000 - Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 15 - - 15 - 543.7 - - Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 6 - 6 - - 489.1 - - Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Galictis cuja.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 16 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 6 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 3 - - Nelson, A…
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 Galictis cuja.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Galictis cuja Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Galictis cuja Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Galictis cuja Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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
Galictis cuja 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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