MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Monodelphis brevicaudata

Accepted taxon: Monodelphis brevicaudata
Taxon:	Monodelphis brevicaudata
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIDELPHIMORPHIA \| Didelphidae \| Didelphinae \| Monodelphis
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 Monodelphis brevicaudata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 15, CP (Crude Protein) 51, EE (Ether Extract) 21. 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 Monodelphis brevicaudata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	66.67	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	EGGS	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	3.33	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 Monodelphis brevicaudata.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Carnivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	EUAN G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	EUAN G. R…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Monodelphis brevicaudata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	84	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	60.9	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	24	-	150	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	157	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	7.85	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Monodelphis brevicaudata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	76	-	-	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 Monodelphis brevicaudata.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Monodelphis brevicaudata	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Monodelphis brevicaudata	Geiser,F., 2003, Thermal biology and energetics of carnivorous marsupials, Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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
Monodelphis brevicaudata	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Monodelphis brevicaudata	Weisbecker, V., Beck, R.M., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A.R., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M.S., Mardon, K. and Phillips, M.J., 2023. Multiple modes of inference reveal less phylogenetic signal in marsupial basicranial shape compared with the rest of the cranium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1880), p.20220085.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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
Monodelphis brevicaudata	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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