MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tapirus terrestris

Accepted taxon: Tapirus terrestris
Taxon:	Tapirus terrestris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PERISSODACTYLA \| Tapiridae \| Tapirus
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 Tapirus terrestris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 24, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Tapirus terrestris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	40.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	15.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	8.33	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 Tapirus terrestris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Herbivore,Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Abraham, …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tapirus terrestris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	17	-	-	17	-	233,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	-	10	-	-	208,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	77,000	-	300,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	260,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	230,000	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	-	11	-	-	2,050	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2,125	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	18	-	-	18	-	2,210	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	74.67	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tapirus terrestris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	181	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	391	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	97	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	89	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	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 Tapirus terrestris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tapirus terrestris	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus terrestris	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus terrestris	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
Tapirus terrestris	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
Tapirus terrestris	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus terrestris	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
Tapirus terrestris	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
Tapirus terrestris	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus terrestris	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tapirus terrestris	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
Tapirus terrestris	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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