MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasypus kappleri

Accepted taxon: Dasypus kappleri
Taxon:	Dasypus kappleri
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 kappleri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 24, CP (Crude Protein) 45, 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 Dasypus kappleri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	37.50	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	33.33	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Araneae	WHOLE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Amphibia	WHOLE	4.17	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 Dasypus kappleri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Semifossorial	Semifossorial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasypus kappleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	9,500	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	10,000	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	7,200	-	13,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	958.6	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	31.46	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasypus kappleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	128	-	-	Engelman,…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	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 kappleri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasypus kappleri	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 kappleri	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 kappleri	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 kappleri	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasypus kappleri	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
Dasypus kappleri	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 kappleri	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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