MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Meriones crassus

Accepted taxon: Meriones crassus
Taxon:	Meriones crassus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Muridae \| Gerbillinae \| Meriones \| Pallasiomys
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 Meriones crassus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, CP (Crude Protein) 19, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 Meriones crassus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	23.95	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Acacia	LEAF	9.88	Grzimek,B…
Cirsium	LEAF	8.64	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	8.64	Grzimek,B…
Cucumis	FRUIT	4.94	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.44	Grzimek,B…
Phoenix dactylifera	FRUIT	3.70	Grzimek,B…
Gryllidae	WHOLE	2.47	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 Meriones crassus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore	Douglas A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Douglas A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Meriones crassus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Egypt	g	295	295	-	-	-	81.5	-	-	Mohammad …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	29	-	150	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	g	8	8	-	-	-	80.33	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	28.53	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Ear Length (EL)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	14.01	-	-	Abi-Said,…
greatest length of skull (GLS)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	30.86	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	126.88	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Hind Foot Length (HFL)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	33.78	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Tail Length (TL)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	138.73	-	-	Abi-Said,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Meriones crassus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BB: Brain case breadth	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	13	-	-	Abi-Said,…
HL: Head length	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	38	-	-	Abi-Said,…
HW: Head width	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	21	-	-	Abi-Said,…
IC: Interorbital constriction	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	Abi-Said,…
M: Mandible length (incisor included)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	19	-	-	Abi-Said,…
MDC: Mandibular cheekteeth	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	Abi-Said,…
MXC: Maxillary cheekteeth	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	Abi-Said,…
ZB: Zygomatic breadth	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	mm	8	8	-	-	-	15	-	-	Abi-Said,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	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 Meriones crassus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Meriones crassus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Meriones crassus	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Meriones crassus	Abu Baker,M., 2010, Patterns in the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas: Areography and species combinations, Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift fÃƒÂ¼r SÃƒÂ¤ugetierkunde	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Meriones crassus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Meriones crassus	Abi-Said, M.R., Al-Zein, M.S. and Lebanon, B., 2022. Rodents Diversity in Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jordan Journal of Natural History, 9(1), pp.83-88.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Meriones crassus	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
Meriones crassus	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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