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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Scalopus aquaticus

Accepted taxon: Scalopus aquaticus


Accepted taxon: Scalopus aquaticus
Taxon: Scalopus aquaticus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: SORICOMORPHA | Talpidae | Scalopinae | Scalopini | Scalopus
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 Scalopus aquaticus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 21, CP (Crude Protein) 49, EE (Ether Extract) 14. 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 Scalopus aquaticus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Oligochaeta WHOLE 40.36 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 24.17 Damuth, J…
Insecta LARVAE 11.25 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 10.83 Damuth, J…
Arthropoda WHOLE 4.46 Grzimek,B…
Gastropoda WHOLE 3.57 Grzimek,B…
Chilopoda WHOLE 2.68 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 1.79 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SEED 0.89 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 Scalopus aquaticus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Brian K. …
Temporal habits nocturnal diurnal,nocturnal Nowak, R.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Scalopus aquaticus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Scalopus aquaticus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Scalopus aquaticus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Scalopus aquaticus McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Scalopus aquaticus 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
Scalopus aquaticus Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Scalopus aquaticus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Scalopus aquaticus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Scalopus aquaticus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Scalopus aquaticus Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E., Wolff, J.O., Khan, M.K., Smith, K., Allen, A.P., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B.A., Eldridge, M.D. and Falster, D., 2022. AnimalTraits-a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data, 9(1), p.265. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2025. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Scalopus aquaticus , Accessed 4th May 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/11243]