Accepted taxon: Echinops telfairi
Accepted taxon: Echinops telfairi
| Taxon: |
Echinops telfairi |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
AFROSORICIDA | TENRECOMORPHA | Tenrecidae | Tenrecinae | Echinops |
| 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 Echinops telfairi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 9, CP (Crude Protein) 55, EE (Ether Extract) 19.
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 Echinops telfairi.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
66.67 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Muridae |
WHOLE |
33.33 |
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 Echinops telfairi.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Echinops telfairi.
| 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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
33 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Echinops telfairi.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Echinops telfairi |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Echinops telfairi |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Echinops telfairi |
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 |
| Echinops telfairi |
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 |
| Echinops telfairi |
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 |
| Echinops telfairi |
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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Echinops telfairi
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