MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dolichotis salinicola

Accepted taxon: Dolichotis salinicola
Taxon:	Dolichotis salinicola
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Caviidae \| Dolichotinae \| Dolichotis
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 Dolichotis salinicola diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 24, ASH (Ash contents) 12, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 49, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Dolichotis salinicola.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	22.22	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	16.67	Damuth, J…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	11.11	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 Dolichotis salinicola.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	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 Dolichotis salinicola.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	New World	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,613	-	-	Arends, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,585	-	2,700	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	6	-	-	-	1,966.67	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	1,890	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	477	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	419.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	-	14.75	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dolichotis salinicola.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	79	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	726	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Dolichotis salinicola.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dolichotis salinicola	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Pediolagus salinicola	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Dolichotis salinicola	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
Dolichotis salinicola	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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