Accepted taxon: Meriones libycus
Accepted taxon: Meriones libycus
| Taxon: |
Meriones libycus |
| 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 libycus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, CP (Crude Protein) 22, EE (Ether Extract) 9.
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 libycus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
100.00 |
Smith,A. … |
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Meriones libycus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
60 |
- |
140 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Egypt |
g |
139 |
139 |
- |
- |
- |
84 |
- |
- |
Mohammad … |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
130 |
130 |
- |
- |
- |
87.5 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
g |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
146.1 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| Condylobasal Length (CBL) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
34.43 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| Ear Length (EL) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
17.3 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| greatest length of skull (GLS) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
36.82 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
167.2 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
130 |
130 |
- |
- |
- |
139.39 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Hind Foot Length (HFL) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
41.38 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| Tail Length (TL) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
156.5 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Meriones libycus.
| 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 |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| HL: Head length |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
44 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| HW: Head width |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
24 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| IC: Interorbital constriction |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| M: Mandible length (incisor included) |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
20 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| MDC: Mandibular cheekteeth |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| MXC: Maxillary cheekteeth |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
| ZB: Zygomatic breadth |
Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
mm |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
Abi-Said,… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Meriones libycus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Meriones libicus |
Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Meriones libycus |
Abu Baker,M., 2010, Patterns in the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas: Areography and species combinations, Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Meriones libycus |
Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Meriones libycus |
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 libycus |
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 libycus |
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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