MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Pontoporia blainvillei

Accepted taxon: Pontoporia blainvillei
Taxon:	Pontoporia blainvillei
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CETACEA \| ODONTOCETI \| Iniidae \| Pontoporia
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 Pontoporia blainvillei diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 1, CP (Crude Protein) 51, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 Pontoporia blainvillei.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	30.45	Grzimek,B…
Teuthida	WHOLE	20.30	Grzimek,B…
Sciaenidae	WHOLE	17.27	Grzimek,B…
Caridea	WHOLE	9.24	Grzimek,B…
Cephalopoda	WHOLE	7.27	Grzimek,B…
Engraulidae	WHOLE	7.27	Grzimek,B…
Batrachoididae	WHOLE	6.36	Grzimek,B…
Crustacea	WHOLE	1.82	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 Pontoporia blainvillei.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	G. J. Sla…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	G. J. Sla…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Aquatic	Aquatic	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Pontoporia blainvillei.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	40,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Pontoporia blainvillei.
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 Pontoporia blainvillei.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Pontoporia blainvillei	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
Pontoporia blainvillei	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
Pontoporia blainvillei	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pontoporia blainvillei	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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