MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Metachirus nudicaudatus

Accepted taxon: Metachirus nudicaudatus
Taxon:	Metachirus nudicaudatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIDELPHIMORPHIA \| Didelphidae \| Didelphinae \| Metachirus
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 Metachirus nudicaudatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 22, CP (Crude Protein) 47, EE (Ether Extract) 18. 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 Metachirus nudicaudatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	34.44	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	15.56	Grzimek,B…
Termitidae	WHOLE	13.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	11.11	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	10.00	Damuth, J…
Aves	EGGS	8.89	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	6.67	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 Metachirus nudicaudatus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	John G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	John G. R…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal,Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Metachirus nudicaudatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	-	10	-	-	246	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	91	-	800	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	300	390	480	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	367.09	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	-	-	10	-	253	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	10	-	-	10	-	239	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	10	-	10	-	-	228	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	262.22	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	-	11.13	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Metachirus nudicaudatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	59	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	157	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	205	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Metachirus nudicaudatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Metachirus nudicaudatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudata	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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
Metachirus nudicaudatus	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	Hice,C. L., 2011, The non-volant mammals of the EstaciÃƒÂ³n BiolÃƒÂ³gica Allpahuayo: Assessment of the natural history and community ecology of a proposed reserve,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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
Metachirus nudicaudatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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
Metachirus nudicaudata	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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
Metachirus nudicaudatus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Metachirus nudicaudatus	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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