MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cabassous chacoensis

Accepted taxon: Cabassous chacoensis
Taxon:	Cabassous chacoensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CINGULATA \| Dasypodidae \| Tolypeutinae \| Cabassous
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 Cabassous chacoensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 2, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 21, CP (Crude Protein) 31, EE (Ether Extract) 17. 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 Cabassous chacoensis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	50.00	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	44.44	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	5.56	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 Cabassous chacoensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
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
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	Myrmecophage	Myrmecophage	– 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 Cabassous chacoensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	2,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cabassous chacoensis.
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 Cabassous chacoensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cabassous chacoensis	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
Cabassous chacoensis	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
Cabassous chacoensis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cabassous chacoensis	Hayssen,Virginia, 2014, Cabassous chacoensis (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), Mammalian Species	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cabassous chacoensis	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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