MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cavia porcellus

Accepted taxon: Cavia porcellus
Taxon:	Cavia porcellus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Caviidae \| Caviinae \| Cavia
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 Cavia porcellus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 32, CP (Crude Protein) 4, EE (Ether Extract) 2. 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 Cavia porcellus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	66.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	33.33	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 Cavia porcellus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Grazer	Arends, A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Arends, A…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Arends, A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cavia porcellus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	260	-	940	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	New World	g	-	-	-	-	-	629	-	-	Arends, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	910	-	-	Ferreira,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cavia porcellus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	31	31	-	-	-	305	-	-	Genoud, M…
BCL, basicranial length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	22	-	-	Ferreira,…
DL, diastema length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	17	-	-	Ferreira,…
FW, frontal width	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	20	-	-	Ferreira,…
RL, rostral length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	33	-	-	Ferreira,…
skull, condyle-basal length of the skull	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	63	-	-	Ferreira,…
TL, total length of skull	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	66	-	-	Ferreira,…
UTRW, Upper tooth row length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	16	-	-	Ferreira,…
ZL, zygomatic arc length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	31	-	-	Ferreira,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Cavia porcellus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cavia porcellus	Arends,A., 2001, The comparative energetics of Ã¢â‚¬ËœcaviomorphÃ¢â‚¬â„¢rodents, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cavia porcellus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cavia porcellus	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
Cavia porcellus	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
Cavia porcellus	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
Cavia porcellus	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
Cavia porcellus	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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