MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Sorex hoyi

Accepted taxon: Sorex hoyi
Taxon:	Sorex hoyi
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	SORICOMORPHA \| Soricidae \| Soricinae \| Soricini \| Sorex \| Otisorex
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 Sorex hoyi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 55, EE (Ether Extract) 17. 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 Sorex hoyi.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	33.33	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Tenthredinoidea	LARVAE	12.50	Grzimek,B…
Lepidoptera	LARVAE	10.71	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	8.93	Grzimek,B…
Tipulidae	WHOLE	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	5.36	Grzimek,B…
Araneae	WHOLE	3.57	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	1.79	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 Sorex hoyi.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Jerry O. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Sorex hoyi.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	14	14	-	-	-	3.27	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1.3	-	7.3	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	57.6	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	14	14	-	-	-	3.69	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Sorex hoyi.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Engelman,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Sorex hoyi.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Microsorex hoyi	Wolff,J. O., 1985, Why are aquatic small mammals so large?, Oikos	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Sorex hoyi	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
Sorex hoyi	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sorex hoyi	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
Sorex hoyi	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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