MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Hystrix indica

Accepted taxon: Hystrix indica
Taxon:	Hystrix indica
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Hystricidae \| Hystrix \| Hystrix
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 Hystrix indica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 13, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 61, CP (Crude Protein) 15, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Hystrix indica.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	28.57	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	SEED	25.27	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	8.79	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	ROOT	6.59	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	STEM	5.49	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.40	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	3.30	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	2.20	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	BONES	1.10	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 Hystrix indica.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	–
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Hystrix indica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	-	3	-	12,700.59	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	2	-	-	11,538.26	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	10,200	-	20,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	-	647.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	-	715	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Hystrix indica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	80	-	-	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 Hystrix indica.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Hystrix indica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hystrix indica	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hystrix indica	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hystrix indica	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hystrix indica	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
Hystrix indica	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
Hystrix indica	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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