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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Leopardus wiedii

Accepted taxon: Leopardus wiedii


Accepted taxon: Leopardus wiedii
Taxon: Leopardus wiedii
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | FELIFORMIA | Felidae | Felinae | Leopardus
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 Leopardus wiedii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 7, CP (Crude Protein) 60, EE (Ether Extract) 23. 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 Leopardus wiedii.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Aves WHOLE 16.51 Damuth, J…
Mammalia WHOLE 15.74 Damuth, J…
Reptilia WHOLE 12.04 Damuth, J…
Akodon WHOLE 6.42 Migliorin…
Philander frenatus WHOLE 4.76 Rocha-Men…
Didelphimorphia WHOLE 3.70 Trovati, …
Oligoryzomys WHOLE 3.33 Migliorin…
Mus musculus WHOLE 3.17 Rocha-Men…
Passeriformes WHOLE 3.16 Migliorin…
Columbiformes WHOLE 2.87 Migliorin…
Wilfredomys WHOLE 2.87 Migliorin…
Cricetidae WHOLE 2.69 Migliorin…
Serpentes WHOLE 2.38 Rocha-Men…
Rattus rattus WHOLE 2.28 Migliorin…
Didelphinae WHOLE 1.99 Migliorin…
Odonata WHOLE 1.59 Rocha-Men…
Cuculiformes WHOLE 1.58 Migliorin…
Aves EGGS 1.54 Grzimek,B…
Rattus norvegicus WHOLE 1.35 Migliorin…
Deltamys kempi WHOLE 1.29 Migliorin…
Holochilus WHOLE 1.29 Migliorin…
Amphibia WHOLE 1.23 Grzimek,B…
Pelecaniformes WHOLE 1.23 Migliorin…
Salvator merianae WHOLE 0.94 Migliorin…
Thamnodynastes WHOLE 0.94 Migliorin…
Cavia aperea WHOLE 0.88 Migliorin…
Syagrus romanzoffiana FRUIT 0.79 Rocha-Men…
Arthropoda WHOLE 0.62 Grzimek,B…
Anura WHOLE 0.35 Migliorin…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 0.31 Grzimek,B…
Hylidae WHOLE 0.18 Migliorin…

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 Leopardus wiedii.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Scansonal Arboreal, Scansonal Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition, Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition, Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition, Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Temporal habits nocturnal nocturnal Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Leopardus wiedii.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 3,271 - - Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 3,000 6,000 9,000 - Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 2,000 - 9,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Leopardus wiedii.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 24 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 22 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 2 2 - - - 937 - - Genoud, M…
relative blade length (RBL) nan unitless - - - - - 1 - - Juhn, M.S…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Leopardus wiedii.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Felis wiedii Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis wiedii Medellín,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Leopardus weidi Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 30: Name variant (middle) Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii 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
Leopardus wiedii Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus Weidii Trovati, Roberto Guilherme, C. B. Campos, and B. A. Brito. "Nota sobre convergência e divergência alimentar de canídeos e felídeos (Mamalia: Carnivora) simpátricos no Cerrado brasileiro." Neotropical Biology and Conservation 3, no. 2 (2008): 95-100. 51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon
Leopardus wiedii Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii Rocha-Mendes, F., Mikich, S.B., Quadros, J. and Pedro, W.A., 2010. Feeding ecology of carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Atlantic forest remnants, southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10, pp.21-30. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii Migliorini, R.P., Peters, F.B., Favarini, M.O. and Kasper, C.B., 2018. Trophic ecology of sympatric small cats in the Brazilian Pampa. PLoS One, 13(7), p.e0201257. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University). 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii 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
Leopardus wiedii 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
Leopardus wiedii 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
Leopardus wiedii Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Leopardus wiedii 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
Leopardus wiedii 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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