Accepted taxon: Rhyncholestes raphanurus
Accepted taxon: Rhyncholestes raphanurus
| Taxon: |
Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PAUCITUBERCULATA | Caenolestidae | Rhyncholestes |
| 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 Rhyncholestes raphanurus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 28, CP (Crude Protein) 43, EE (Ether Extract) 12.
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 Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
30.00 |
Damuth, J… |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
22.22 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Fungi |
SHOOT |
15.56 |
Damuth, J… |
| Oligochaeta |
WHOLE |
14.44 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
11.11 |
Hume,ID, … |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
6.67 |
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]
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Chile |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25.9 |
- |
- |
Cofre, H.… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
20 |
- |
32 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
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 |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
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 |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
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 |
| Rhyncholestes raphanurus |
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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