MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Priodontes maximus

Accepted taxon: Priodontes maximus
Taxon:	Priodontes maximus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CINGULATA \| Dasypodidae \| Tolypeutinae \| Priodontes
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 Priodontes maximus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 19, CP (Crude Protein) 51, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 Priodontes maximus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	62.04	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	18.52	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	5.56	Nowak,R. …
Araneae	WHOLE	4.63	Nowak,R. …
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	3.70	Nowak,R. …
Animalia	LARVAE	2.78	Nowak,R. …
Serpentes	WHOLE	1.85	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.93	Nowak,R. …

^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 Priodontes maximus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Myrmecophage	Insectivore,Myrmecophage	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Semifossorial	Semifossorial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Priodontes maximus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	9	-	-	31,680	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	-	9	-	34,690	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	18,700	-	60,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	26,800	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	-	9	-	926.9	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	9	-	-	929.1	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Priodontes maximus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	61	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	79	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	107	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	3,028	-	-	Genoud, M…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Priodontes maximus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Priodontes maximus	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	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
Priodontes maximus	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
Priodontes maximus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	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
Priodontes maximus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Priodontes maximus	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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