MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Conepatus chinga

Accepted taxon: Conepatus chinga
Taxon:	Conepatus chinga
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mephitidae \| Conepatus
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 Conepatus chinga diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 31, CP (Crude Protein) 42, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 Conepatus chinga.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	50.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	16.67	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 Conepatus chinga.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	Juhn, M.,…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	Cofre, H.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Conepatus chinga.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,000	-	4,500	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Chile	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,885	-	-	Cofre, H.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,070	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,750	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	1,225	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	301.67	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	16.92	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Conepatus chinga.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	69	-	-	Engelman,…
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 Conepatus chinga.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Conepatus chinga	Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Conepatus chinga	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Conepatus chinga	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
Conepatus chinga	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
Conepatus chinga	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
Conepatus chinga	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
Conepatus chinga	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
Conepatus chinga	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

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