MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lynx rufus

Accepted taxon: Lynx rufus
Taxon:	Lynx rufus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Felinae \| Lynx
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 Lynx rufus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 5, CP (Crude Protein) 64, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 Lynx rufus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	23.53	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	21.18	Damuth, J…
Leporidae	WHOLE	19.61	Grzimek,B…
Rodentia	WHOLE	12.55	Grzimek,B…
Cervus	WHOLE	9.02	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	7.84	Damuth, J…
Lepus	WHOLE	6.27	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 Lynx rufus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	arrhythmic	arrhythmic	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lynx rufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	9,232.3	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	3,400	-	26,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	6,374	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	774.44	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	29.45	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lynx rufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	65	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	113	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	85	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	4,221	-	-	Genoud, M…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Lynx rufus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lynx rufus	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Felis rufus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Felis rufus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Felis rufus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lynx rufus	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	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
Lynx rufus	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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