MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dinomys branickii

Accepted taxon: Dinomys branickii
Taxon:	Dinomys branickii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Dinomyidae \| Dinomys
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 Dinomys branickii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 68, CP (Crude Protein) 8, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Dinomys branickii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	43.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	28.89	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	14.44	Damuth, J…
Arecaceae	FRUIT	13.33	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 Dinomys branickii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore	Ferreira,…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Ferreira,…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Scansonal,Terrestrial	Ferreira,…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Nowak, R.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dinomys branickii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	10,980	-	-	Ferreira,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	10,000	-	15,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	13,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	9,525.44	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	760	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	23.27	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dinomys branickii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	152	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
BCL, basicranial length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	38	-	-	Ferreira,…
DL, diastema length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	38	-	-	Ferreira,…
FW, frontal width	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	53	-	-	Ferreira,…
IW, incisor width	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	16	-	-	Ferreira,…
RL, rostral length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	78	-	-	Ferreira,…
skull, condyle-basal length of the skull	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	135	-	-	Ferreira,…
TL, total length of skull	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	153	-	-	Ferreira,…
Upper T, Upper incisor transverse diameter	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	Ferreira,…
UTRW, Upper tooth row length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	30	-	-	Ferreira,…
ZL, zygomatic arc length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	70	-	-	Ferreira,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Dinomys branickii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dinomys branickii	Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dinomys branickii	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dinomys branickii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dinomys branickii	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	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
Dinomys branickii	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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