MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta leporina

Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta leporina
Taxon:	Dasyprocta leporina
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 leporina diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 18, EE (Ether Extract) 8. 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 leporina.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	75.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	25.00	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 Dasyprocta leporina.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore	Arends, A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Arends, A…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Arends, A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasyprocta leporina.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	-	3	-	3,332	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	3,000	5,500	8,000	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	5	-	-	3,992	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	3,375	-	-	Ferreira,…
Body Mass (BM)	New World	g	-	-	-	-	-	2,687	-	-	Arends, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,300	-	5,900	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	5	-	-	551	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	-	552	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasyprocta leporina.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	51	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	1,559	-	-	Genoud, M…
BCL, basicranial length	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	32	33	33	0	Ferreira,…
DL, diastema length	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	27	28	30	1	Ferreira,…
FW, frontal width	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	37	39	41	2	Ferreira,…
IW, incisor width	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	8	8	8	0	Ferreira,…
RL, rostral length	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	48	51	54	3	Ferreira,…
skull, condyle-basal length of the skull	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	90	95	100	5	Ferreira,…
TL, total length of skull	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	107	110	112	3	Ferreira,…
Upper T, Upper incisor transverse diameter	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	3	4	4	0	Ferreira,…
UTRW, Upper tooth row length	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	17	18	19	1	Ferreira,…
ZL, zygomatic arc length	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	44	45	46	1	Ferreira,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Dasyprocta leporina.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasyprocta leporina	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyprocta leporina	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyprocta leporina	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
Dasyprocta leporina	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 leporina	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
Dasyprocta leporina	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyprocta leporina	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 leporina	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
Dasyprocta leporina	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
Dasyprocta leporina	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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