Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta fuliginosa
| Taxon: |
Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
RODENTIA | HYSTRICOMORPHA | HYSTRICOGNATHI | Dasyproctidae | Dasyprocta |
| 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 Dasyprocta fuliginosa diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 63, CP (Crude Protein) 11, 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 Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
58.33 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
16.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
16.67 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Cactaceae |
SHOOT |
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 Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
|
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Frugivore
|
Frugivore
|
– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
|
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Terrestrial
|
Terrestrial
|
– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
|
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
4,300 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,300 |
- |
4,000 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Brazil |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3,000 |
3,500 |
4,000 |
- |
Paglia,A.… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
544 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Occipital condyle width (OCW) |
nan |
mm |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
21.5 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| skull_length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
112 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| femur circumference |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
31 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| femur diameter |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃÂferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
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 |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
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 |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
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 |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
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 |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa |
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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