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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta leporina

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) New World g - - - - - 2,687 - - Arends, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 1,300 - 5,900 - Freudenth…
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,…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 3 - - 3 - 552 - - Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 5 - 5 - - 551 - - 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 Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição 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 ‘caviomorph’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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