MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tayassu pecari

Accepted taxon: Tayassu pecari
Taxon:	Tayassu pecari
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Tayassuidae \| Tayassu
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 Tayassu pecari diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 44, CP (Crude Protein) 28, 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 Tayassu pecari.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	35.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	16.67	Damuth, J…
Insecta	LARVAE	8.89	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	8.33	Damuth, J…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	7.78	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Amphibia	WHOLE	4.44	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	EGGS	2.22	Grzimek,B…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	1.11	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 Tayassu pecari.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore,Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Abraham, …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tayassu pecari.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	3	-	-	-	23,342.68	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	14,000	-	60,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	25,000	35,000	45,000	-	Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1,202.5	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	3	3	-	-	-	38.92	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tayassu pecari.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	146	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	244	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	119	-	-	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 Tayassu pecari.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tayassu pecari	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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
Tayassu pecari	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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