MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Potamochoerus porcus

Accepted taxon: Potamochoerus porcus
Taxon:	Potamochoerus porcus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Suidae \| Suinae \| Potamochoerini \| Potamochoerus
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 Potamochoerus porcus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, CP (Crude Protein) 20, 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 Potamochoerus porcus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	27.96	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	26.78	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	9.36	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	6.37	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	WHOLE	5.99	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	STEM	5.78	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.19	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	EGGS	3.17	Nowak,R. …
Fungi	SHOOT	2.21	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	1.96	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	1.72	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	1.59	Nowak,R. …
Gastropoda	WHOLE	1.47	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.98	Grzimek,B…
Sus scrofa	WHOLE	0.74	Grzimek,B…
Capra hircus	WHOLE	0.49	Grzimek,B…
Ovis aries	WHOLE	0.25	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 Potamochoerus porcus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Granivore, Herbivore-Browser	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006., M. Mendoza, P. Palmqvist, 2008, 'Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?', Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 2, pp. 134-142

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Potamochoerus porcus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	-	6	-	63,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	-	11	-	-	43,500	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	44,600	-	130,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	48,517.5	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	-	11	-	-	1,070	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1,242.06	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	-	6	-	1,113	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	49.15	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Potamochoerus porcus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	138	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	307	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	69	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	70	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	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 Potamochoerus porcus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Potamochoerus porcus	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	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
Potamochoerus porcus	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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