Accepted taxon: Thylamys elegans
| Taxon: | Thylamys elegans |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Species |
| Higher Classification: | DIDELPHIMORPHIA | Didelphidae | Didelphinae | Thylamys |
| 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 Thylamys elegans diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 22, CP (Crude Protein) 49, EE (Ether Extract) 16.
See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets.
Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15.
[DOI]
| TSN Complete name | Part | Ratio a. | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertebrata | WHOLE | 25.00 | Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida | FRUIT | 20.00 | Damuth, J… |
| Insecta | WHOLE | 20.00 | Grzimek,B… |
| Vertebrata | EGGS | 20.00 | Damuth, J… |
| Arthropoda | WHOLE | 15.00 | Damuth, J… |
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]
| Trait | Selected Value | All Value(s) | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 | Animalivore | Animalivore, Frugivore | – Cofre, H. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68., Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Pedro G. Blendinger, Roland Brandl, 2000, 'Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 115-123, Weisbecker, V., Beck, R., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M., Mardon, K., Phillips, M. 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: Biological Sciences. 378(1880), pp.None. Available at: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0085. |
| Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 | Carnivore | Carnivore | – Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746 |
| Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 | Terrestrial | Terrestrial | – Weisbecker, V., Beck, R., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M., Mardon, K., Phillips, M. 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: Biological Sciences. 378(1880), pp.None. Available at: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0085. |
| Measurement | Location | Unit | n Total | n Unknown | n Female | n Male | Min | Mean | Max | SD | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Mass (BM) | Chile | g | - | - | - | - | - | 28.9 | - | - | Cofre, H.… |
| Body Mass (BM) | marine preserve of Las Cruces, Chile | g | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 24 | - | 8 | Navarrete… |
| Body Mass (BM) | nan | g | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 24.18 | - | - | Engelman,… |
| Body Mass (BM) | nan | g | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 41 | - | Freudenth… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) | nan | mm | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | Engelman,… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) | marine preserve of Las Cruces, Chile | mm | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 167 | - | 71 | Navarrete… |
| Occipital condyle width (OCW) | nan | mm | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 6.46 | - | - | Engelman,… |
| Total Length (ToL) | marine preserve of Las Cruces, Chile | mm | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 185 | - | 13 | Navarrete… |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | Engelman,… |
| BMR (kJ/h) | nan | kJ/h | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | McNab, B.… |
| BMR,mlO2/h | nan | mlO2/h | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | Genoud, M… |
| BMR,mlO2/h | nan | mlO2/h | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | 43 | - | - | Genoud, M… |
b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
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