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]
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) |
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Terrestrial
|
Terrestrial
|
– Arends, A. and McNab, B.K., 2001. The comparative energetics of ‘caviomorph’rodents. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 130(1), pp.105-122.
|
|
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981
|
Herbivore-Grazer
|
Herbivore-Grazer
|
– Arends, A. and McNab, B.K., 2001. The comparative energetics of ‘caviomorph’rodents. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 130(1), pp.105-122.
|
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Herbivore
|
Herbivore
|
– Arends, A. and McNab, B.K., 2001. The comparative energetics of ‘caviomorph’rodents. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 130(1), pp.105-122.
|
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 ‘caviomorph’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 |
| Dolichotis salinicola |
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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