MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Catagonus wagneri

Accepted taxon: Catagonus wagneri
Taxon:	Catagonus wagneri
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Tayassuidae \| Catagonus
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 Catagonus wagneri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 15, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 19, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Catagonus wagneri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Cactaceae	SHOOT	52.11	Damuth, J…
Fabaceae	SEED	15.38	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	12.45	Grzimek,B…
Acacia	SEED	5.49	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	4.40	Grzimek,B…
Bromeliaceae	LEAF	3.30	Grzimek,B…
Cleistocactus baumannii	SHOOT	1.65	Grzimek,B…
Eriocereus	SHOOT	1.37	Grzimek,B…
Cactaceae	FLOWER	1.10	Grzimek,B…
Opuntia	FRUIT	1.10	Grzimek,B…
Scarabaeoidea	LARVAE	1.10	Grzimek,B…
Cereus validus	FLOWER	0.55	Grzimek,B…

^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 Catagonus wagneri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– 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., M. Mendoza, P. Palmqvist, 2008, 'Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?', Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 2, pp. 134-142
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore, Herbivore-Browser	– 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.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Catagonus wagneri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	38,000	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	29,000	-	49,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	1,043	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	42.86	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Catagonus wagneri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	114	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	266	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Abraham, …

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Catagonus wagneri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Catagonous wagneri	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Catagonus wagneri	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Catagonus wagneri	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	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
Catagonus wagneri	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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