MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Oryctolagus cuniculus

Accepted taxon: Oryctolagus cuniculus
Taxon:	Oryctolagus cuniculus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	LAGOMORPHA \| Leporidae \| Oryctolagus
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 Oryctolagus cuniculus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 30, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Oryctolagus cuniculus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	41.11	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	30.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	11.11	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	8.89	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	SHOOT	2.22	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 Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	–
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	622	-	3,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	59	59	-	-	-	1,016	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	1,077	-	-	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 Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Oryctolagus cuniculus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Oryctolagus cuniculus (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
Oryctolagus cuniculus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Oryctolagus cuniculus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Oryctolagus cuniculus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Oryctolagus cuniculus	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
Oryctolagus cuniculus	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
Oryctolagus cuniculus	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
Oryctolagus cuniculus	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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