MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lepus americanus

Accepted taxon: Lepus americanus
Taxon:	Lepus americanus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	LAGOMORPHA \| Leporidae \| Lepus \| Poecilolagus
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 Lepus americanus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Lepus americanus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	STEM	21.47	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	21.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	19.57	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	12.47	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	4.55	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	3.64	Reid,F., …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	3.46	Damuth, J…
Betula	LEAF	3.03	Grzimek,B…
Cyperaceae	LEAF	3.03	Grzimek,B…
Populus	LEAF	2.42	Grzimek,B…
Salix	STEM	1.82	Grzimek,B…
Animalia	FECES	1.73	Damuth, J…
Picea	STEM	1.21	Grzimek,B…
Pinus	STEM	0.61	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 Lepus americanus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	Herbivore-Grazer	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lepus americanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	7	-	-	-	1,514.7	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	900	-	7,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	400	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	14.83	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lepus americanus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	77	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	1,216	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Lepus americanus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lepus americanus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lepus americanus	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
Lepus americanus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lepus americanus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lepus americanus	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
Lepus americanus	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lepus americanus	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
Lepus americanus	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lepus americanus	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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