MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Leopardus tigrinus

Accepted taxon: Leopardus tigrinus
Taxon:	Leopardus tigrinus
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 tigrinus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 13, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 58, EE (Ether Extract) 21. 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 tigrinus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	18.60	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	13.69	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	12.77	Grzimek,B…
Anura	WHOLE	7.50	Grzimek,B…
Leporidae	WHOLE	5.00	Grzimek,B…
Akodon	WHOLE	2.69	Rocha-Men…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	2.61	Rocha-Men…
Mus musculus	WHOLE	2.52	Rocha-Men…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	2.44	Rocha-Men…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	2.35	Rocha-Men…
Didelphimorphia	WHOLE	2.27	Rocha-Men…
Hylaeamys megacephalus	WHOLE	2.18	Rocha-Men…
Syagrus romanzoffiana	FRUIT	2.10	Rocha-Men…
Oligoryzomys flavescens	WHOLE	2.02	Rocha-Men…
Sylvilagus brasiliensis	WHOLE	1.85	Rocha-Men…
Caluromys lanatus	WHOLE	1.76	Rocha-Men…
Micoureus paraguayanus	WHOLE	1.68	Rocha-Men…
Colubridae	WHOLE	1.68	Rocha-Men…
Necromys lasiurus	WHOLE	1.60	Rocha-Men…
Nectomys squamipes	WHOLE	1.51	Rocha-Men…
Cuniculus paca	WHOLE	1.43	Rocha-Men…
Nasua nasua	WHOLE	1.34	Rocha-Men…
Marmosops	WHOLE	1.18	Rocha-Men…
Monodelphis	WHOLE	1.09	Rocha-Men…
Philander frenatus	WHOLE	1.01	Rocha-Men…
Holochilus brasiliensis	WHOLE	0.92	Rocha-Men…
Oxymycterus	WHOLE	0.84	Rocha-Men…
Thaptomys nigrita	WHOLE	0.76	Rocha-Men…
Pteroglossus aracari	WHOLE	0.67	Rocha-Men…
Picumnus cirratus	WHOLE	0.59	Rocha-Men…
Serpentes	WHOLE	0.50	Rocha-Men…
Hymenoptera	WHOLE	0.34	Rocha-Men…
Hemiptera	WHOLE	0.25	Rocha-Men…
Diplopoda	WHOLE	0.17	Rocha-Men…
Vertebrata	EGGS	0.08	Rocha-Men…

^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 tigrinus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÆ’Ã‚Âferos do Brasil 2Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Âª EdiÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â§ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÆ’Ã‚Âferos do Brasil 2Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Âª EdiÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â§ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore, Frugivore	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÆ’Ã‚Âferos do Brasil 2Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Âª EdiÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â§ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,
Temporal habits	arrhythmic	arrhythmic	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Leopardus tigrinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	1,500	2,250	3,000	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Leopardus tigrinus.
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 Leopardus tigrinus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Felis tigrina	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Leopardus tigrinus	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Leopardus tigrinus	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
Leopardus tigrinus	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 tigrinus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Leopardus tigrinus	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 tigrinus	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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