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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Felis silvestris

Accepted taxon: Felis silvestris


Accepted taxon: Felis silvestris
Taxon: Felis silvestris
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | FELIFORMIA | Felidae | Felinae | Felis
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 Felis silvestris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 7, CP (Crude Protein) 61, 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 Felis silvestris.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Rodentia WHOLE 30.16 Damuth, J…
Mammalia WHOLE 24.13 Damuth, J…
Aves WHOLE 18.10 Damuth, J…
Reptilia WHOLE 12.06 Damuth, J…
Leporidae WHOLE 9.52 Grzimek,B…
Insecta WHOLE 6.03 Damuth, J…

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 Felis silvestris.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits arrhythmic arrhythmic John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Felis silvestris.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 2,050 - 10,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Felis silvestris.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a 1 1 - - - 8 - - Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a 2 2 - - - 13 - - Evans, Al…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 28 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 26 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 72 - - Nelson, A…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Felis silvestris.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Felis silvestris Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris i Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. “High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.” Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature05433. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University). 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis silvestris 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
Felis silvestris Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

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