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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Sylvilagus floridanus

Accepted taxon: Sylvilagus floridanus


Accepted taxon: Sylvilagus floridanus
Taxon: Sylvilagus floridanus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: LAGOMORPHA | Leporidae | Sylvilagus | Sylvilagus
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 Sylvilagus floridanus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 32, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 46, CP (Crude Protein) 9, 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 Sylvilagus floridanus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 45.83 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida BARK 25.00 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida STEM 25.00 Damuth, J…
Poaceae STEM 4.17 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 Sylvilagus floridanus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Grazer Herbivore-Grazer John G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore John G. R…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Sylvilagus floridanus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 3 3 - - - 1,263.07 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 600 - 2,000 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 385.3 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 3 3 - - - 13.78 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Sylvilagus floridanus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 8 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 74 - - Engelman,…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 18 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 7 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 15 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 4 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 47 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 8 8 - - - 557 - - 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 Sylvilagus floridanus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Sylvilagus floridanus Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Sylvilagus floridanus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Sylvilagus floridanus 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
Sylvilagus floridanus Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Sylvilagus floridanus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Sylvilagus floridanus 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
Sylvilagus floridanus 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
Sylvilagus floridanus 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
Sylvilagus floridanus 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
Sylvilagus floridanus 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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