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Galictis vittata (Greater Grison)

Wikipedia Abstract

The greater grison (Galictis vittata), is a species of mustelid native to South and Central America.
View Wikipedia Record: Galictis vittata

Infraspecies

Galictis vittata andina (Greater grison)
Galictis vittata brasiliensis (Greater grison)
Galictis vittata canaster (Greater grison)
Galictis vittata vittata (Greater grison)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.8
EDGE Score: 2.69
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.071 lbs (2.30 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  50 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Fruit [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Vertibrates [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Gestation [1]  40 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  13 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  22 inches (55 cm)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Galictis vittata, Eric Yensen and Teresa Tarifa, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 727, pp. 1–8 (2003)
♦ 5International Flea Database
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0