MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta fuliginosa

Accepted taxon: Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Taxon:	Dasyprocta fuliginosa
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 fuliginosa diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 63, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 fuliginosa.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	58.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	8.33	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 Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	3,000	3,500	4,000	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	4,300	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,300	-	4,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	544	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	21.5	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	112	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	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 Dasyprocta fuliginosa.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasyprocta fuliginosa	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 fuliginosa	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 fuliginosa	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyprocta fuliginosa	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
Dasyprocta fuliginosa	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 fuliginosa	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
Dasyprocta fuliginosa	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
Dasyprocta fuliginosa	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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