Accepted taxon: Rhipidomys mastacalis
Accepted taxon: Rhipidomys mastacalis
| Taxon: |
Rhipidomys mastacalis |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
RODENTIA | MYOMORPHA | Muroidea | Cricetidae | Sigmodontinae | Rhipidomys |
| 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 Rhipidomys mastacalis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 58, CP (Crude Protein) 16, EE (Ether Extract) 7.
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 Rhipidomys mastacalis.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
33.33 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
26.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
LEAF |
20.00 |
Damuth, J… |
| Fungi |
SHOOT |
13.33 |
Damuth, J… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
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 Rhipidomys mastacalis.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Herbivore
|
Frugivore, Herbivore
|
– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Pedro G. Blendinger, Roland Brandl, 2000, 'Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 115-123
|
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Arboreal
|
Arboreal
|
– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
|
|
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
|
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Rhipidomys mastacalis.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| brainmass |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| skull_length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
34 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Rhipidomys mastacalis.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
Ojeda,R. A., 2001, Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure, Global Ecology and Biogeography |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃÂferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
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 |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
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 |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis |
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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