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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Chinchilla lanigera

Accepted taxon: Chinchilla lanigera


Accepted taxon: Chinchilla lanigera
Taxon: Chinchilla lanigera
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | HYSTRICOMORPHA | HYSTRICOGNATHI | Chinchillidae | Chinchilla
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 Chinchilla lanigera diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 23, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 46, CP (Crude Protein) 17, 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 Chinchilla lanigera.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 50.00 Damuth, J…
Poaceae STEM 25.00 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SEED 16.67 Grzimek,B…
Insecta WHOLE 8.33 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 Chinchilla lanigera.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Grazer Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Grazer Arends, A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Arends, A…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Semifossorial Semifossorial,Terrestrial Arends, A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Chinchilla lanigera.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) New World g - - - - - 426 - - Arends, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 590 - - Ferreira,…
Body Mass (BM) Chile g - - - - - 435.5 - - Cofre, H.…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 300 - 700 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Chinchilla lanigera.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 5 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 15 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 9 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 21 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 4 4 - - - 237 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 4 4 - - - 226 - - Genoud, M…
BCL, basicranial length nan mm 1 1 - - - 16 - - Ferreira,…
DL, diastema length nan mm 1 1 - - - 17 - - Ferreira,…
FW, frontal width nan mm 1 1 - - - 20 - - Ferreira,…
IW, incisor width nan mm 1 1 - - - 4 - - Ferreira,…
RL, rostral length nan mm 1 1 - - - 32 - - Ferreira,…
skull, condyle-basal length of the skull nan mm 1 1 - - - 58 - - Ferreira,…
TL, total length of skull nan mm 1 1 - - - 61 - - Ferreira,…
Upper T, Upper incisor transverse diameter nan mm 1 1 - - - 2 - - Ferreira,…
UTRW, Upper tooth row length nan mm 1 1 - - - 13 - - Ferreira,…
ZL, zygomatic arc length nan mm 1 1 - - - 29 - - Ferreira,…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Chinchilla lanigera.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Chinchilla lanigera Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla lanigera McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla lanigera 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
Chinchilla laniger Arends,A., 2001, The comparative energetics of ‘caviomorph’rodents, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla lanigera Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla laniger 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. 51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla lanigera 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
Chinchilla lanigera 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
Chinchilla lanigera Ferreira, J.D., Rinderknecht, A., de Moura Bubadué, J., Gasparetto, L.F., Dozo, M.T., Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. and Kerber, L., 2024. Unveiling the neuroanatomy of Josephoartigasia monesi and the evolution of encephalization in caviomorph rodents. Brain Structure and Function, pp.1-15. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Chinchilla lanigera 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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