MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Micoureus paraguayanus

Accepted taxon: Micoureus paraguayanus
Taxon:	Micoureus paraguayanus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIDELPHIMORPHIA \| Didelphidae \| Didelphinae \| Micoureus
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 Micoureus paraguayanus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 30, CP (Crude Protein) 36, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 Micoureus paraguayanus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Aves	WHOLE	22.22	Casella, …
Blattaria	WHOLE	19.44	Casella, …
Hymenoptera	WHOLE	16.67	Casella, …
Magnoliopsida	SEED	13.89	Casella, …
Orthoptera	WHOLE	11.11	Casella, …
Plantae	SHOOT	8.33	Casella, …
Cecropia pachystachya	SEED	5.56	Casella, …
Solanaceae	SEED	2.78	Casella, …

^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 Micoureus paraguayanus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Micoureus paraguayanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	120	147.5	175	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	30	-	230	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Micoureus paraguayanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	7	7	-	-	-	129	-	-	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 Micoureus paraguayanus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Micoureus paraguayanus	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
Micoureus paraguayanus	Casella, Janaina, and Nilton Carlos CÃƒÂ¡ceres. "Diet of four small mammal species from Atlantic forest patches in South Brazil." Neotropical Biology and Conservation 1, no. 1 (2006): 5-11.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Micoureus paraguayanus	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
Micoureus paraguayanus	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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