Accepted taxon: Didelphis aurita
Accepted taxon: Didelphis aurita
| Taxon: |
Didelphis aurita |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
DIDELPHIMORPHIA | Didelphidae | Didelphinae | Didelphis |
| 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 Didelphis aurita diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 38, CP (Crude Protein) 35, 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 Didelphis aurita.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
26.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
25.00 |
Leite,YLR… |
| Papilionoidea |
WHOLE |
10.00 |
Damuth, J… |
| Formicinae |
WHOLE |
8.33 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliophyta |
FRUIT |
8.33 |
Leite,YLR… |
| Coleoptera |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
Leite,YLR… |
| Blattaria |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Formicidae |
WHOLE |
3.33 |
Leite,YLR… |
| Squamata |
WHOLE |
3.33 |
Damuth, J… |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
1.67 |
Leite,YLR… |
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 4. List of other Measurements b. for Didelphis aurita.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| skull_length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
100 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
26 |
- |
- |
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 Didelphis aurita.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Didelphis aurita |
Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃÂferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Didelphis aurita |
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 |
| Didelphis aurita |
Leite,YLR, 1996, Diet and vertical space use of three sympatric opossums in a Brazilian Atlantic forest reserve, Journal of Tropical Ecology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Didelphis aurita |
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 |
| Didelphis aurita |
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 |
| Didelphis aurita |
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 |
| Didelphis aurita |
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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