MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasypus hybridus

Accepted taxon: Dasypus hybridus
Taxon:	Dasypus hybridus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CINGULATA \| Dasypodidae \| Dasypodinae \| Dasypus
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 Dasypus hybridus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 19, CP (Crude Protein) 51, 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 Dasypus hybridus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	35.00	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	20.00	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	13.33	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	12.50	Grzimek,B…
Araneae	WHOLE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Amphibia	WHOLE	4.17	Grzimek,B…
Myomorpha	WHOLE	4.17	Redford,K…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	2.50	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 2. List of Standard Traits for Dasypus hybridus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Semifossorial	Semifossorial	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasypus hybridus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,500	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,090	-	2,040	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasypus hybridus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	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 Dasypus hybridus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasypus hybridus	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
Dasypus hybridus	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
Dasypus hybridus	Redford,K. H., 1986, Dietary specialization and variation in two mammalian myrmecophages (variation in mammalian myrmecophagy), Revista Chilena de Historia Natural	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasypus hybridus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasypus hybridus	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
Dasypus hybridus	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
Dasypus hybridus	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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