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Accepted taxon: Ursus maritimus


Accepted taxon: Ursus maritimus
Taxon: Ursus maritimus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Ursidae | Ursus
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 Ursus maritimus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 9, CP (Crude Protein) 29, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Ursus maritimus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Phocidae WHOLE 23.98 Damuth, J…
Osteichthyes WHOLE 9.67 Grzimek,B…
Aves WHOLE 9.37 Damuth, J…
Vertebrata CARRION 6.86 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 5.83 Damuth, J…
Cetacea WHOLE 5.60 Reid,F., …
Phoca hispida WHOLE 5.23 Nowak,R. …
Odobenus rosmarus WHOLE 4.71 Grzimek,B…
Mammalia CARRION 4.58 Nowak,R. …
Animalia CARRION 4.48 Reid,F., …
Mammalia WHOLE 3.92 Nowak,R. …
Rangifer tarandus WHOLE 3.27 Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata EGGS 3.14 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 3.01 Grzimek,B…
Delphinapterus leucas WHOLE 2.35 Grzimek,B…
Aves EGGS 2.24 Reid,F., …
Poaceae STEM 1.76 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 Ursus maritimus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Temporal habits diurnal diurnal John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Ursus maritimus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 4 4 - - - 249,476 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 150,000 - 907,000 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 3 3 - - - 1,983.3 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 4 4 - - - 78.44 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Ursus maritimus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a 3 3 - - - 150 - - Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a 3 3 - - - 83 - - Evans, Al…
brainmass nan g - - - - - 507 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm 3 3 - - - 355 - - Engelman,…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 95 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 108 - - 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 Ursus maritimus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Thalarctos maritimus Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 50: Synonym Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus 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
Ursus maritimus 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
Thalarctos maritimus Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 50: Synonym Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ursus maritimus 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
Ursus maritimus 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
Ursus maritimus 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
Ursus maritimus 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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