MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cricetomys emini

Accepted taxon: Cricetomys emini
Taxon:	Cricetomys emini
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Nesomyidae \| Cricetomyinae \| Cricetomys
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 Cricetomys emini diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 24, 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 Cricetomys emini.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	50.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	33.33	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	16.67	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 Cricetomys emini.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cricetomys emini.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	905	-	1,500	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cricetomys emini.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	36	-	-	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 Cricetomys emini.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cricetomys mini	Clark,CJ, 2001, The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1, Biotropica	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Cricetomys emini	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
Cricetomys emini	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
Cricetomys emini	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
Cricetomys emini	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
Cricetomys emini	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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