MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lagenorhynchus acutus

Accepted taxon: Lagenorhynchus acutus
Taxon:	Lagenorhynchus acutus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CETACEA \| ODONTOCETI \| Delphinidae \| Lagenorhynchus
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 Lagenorhynchus acutus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 0, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 1, CP (Crude Protein) 74, EE (Ether Extract) 14. 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 Lagenorhynchus acutus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	28.57	Grzimek,B…
Teuthida	WHOLE	23.81	Grzimek,B…
Clupeinae	WHOLE	19.05	Grzimek,B…
Osmeridae	WHOLE	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Merluccius bilinearis	WHOLE	9.52	Grzimek,B…
Caridea	WHOLE	4.76	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 Lagenorhynchus acutus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	– G. J. Slater, S. A. Price, F. Santini, M. E. Alfaro, 2010, 'Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1697, pp. 3097-3104
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– G. J. Slater, S. A. Price, F. Santini, M. E. Alfaro, 2010, 'Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1697, pp. 3097-3104

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lagenorhynchus acutus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lagenorhynchus acutus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Lagenorhynchus acutus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lagenorhynchus acutus	Slater,G. J., 2010, Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lagenorhynchus acutus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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