MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cuniculus paca

Accepted taxon: Cuniculus paca
Taxon:	Cuniculus paca
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Cuniculidae \| Cuniculus
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 Cuniculus paca diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 16, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Cuniculus paca.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	40.48	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	25.00	Damuth, J…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	5.36	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	3.57	Grzimek,B…
Fungi	SHOOT	1.79	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 Cuniculus paca.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore	Alexis Ar…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Alexis Ar…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Alexis Ar…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cuniculus paca.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	6,650	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	9,300	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	-	-	4	-	6,995	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	New World	g	-	-	-	-	-	9,156	-	-	Alexis Ar…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	6,375	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cuniculus paca.
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 Cuniculus paca.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Agouti paca	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Agouti paca	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Agouti paca	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Cuniculus paca	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
Agouti paca	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Agouti paca	Arends,A., 2001, The comparative energetics of Ã¢â‚¬ËœcaviomorphÃ¢â‚¬â„¢rodents, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Agouti paca	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Cuniculus paca	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
Agouti paca	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.	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Cuniculus paca	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
Cuniculus paca	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

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