MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Accepted taxon: Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Taxon:	Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PILOSA \| VERMILINGUA \| Myrmecophagidae \| Myrmecophaga
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 Myrmecophaga tridactyla diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 26, CP (Crude Protein) 43, EE (Ether Extract) 23. 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 Myrmecophaga tridactyla.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	60.61	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	34.24	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	LARVAE	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	1.21	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.61	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 Myrmecophaga tridactyla.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Myrmecophage	Insectivore,Myrmecophage	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Myrmecophaga tridactyla.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	35,061.68	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	35,061.68	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	30,500	-	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Myrmecophaga tridactyla.
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 Myrmecophaga tridactyla.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	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
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	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
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Redford,K. H., 1986, Dietary specialization and variation in two mammalian myrmecophages (variation in mammalian myrmecophagy), Revista Chilena de Historia Natural	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	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
Myrmecophaga tridactyla	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

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