MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Fossa fossana

Accepted taxon: Fossa fossana
Taxon:	Fossa fossana
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Eupleridae \| Euplerinae \| Fossa
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 Fossa fossana diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 15, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 13, CP (Crude Protein) 59, EE (Ether Extract) 11. 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 Fossa fossana.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Crustacea	WHOLE	28.57	Nowak,R. …
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	23.81	Nowak,R. …
Anguilliformes	WHOLE	19.05	Nowak,R. …
Anura	WHOLE	14.29	Nowak,R. …
Animalia	WHOLE	9.52	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	4.76	Nowak,R. …

^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 Fossa fossana.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore,Insectivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Fossa fossana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,854	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,050	-	2,260	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Fossa fossana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	906	-	-	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 Fossa fossana.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Fossa fossa	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossana	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossana	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
Fossa fossana	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
Fossa fossana	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
Fossa fossana	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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