MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Rhynchogale melleri

Accepted taxon: Rhynchogale melleri
Taxon:	Rhynchogale melleri
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Herpestidae \| Rhynchogale
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 Rhynchogale melleri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 45, CP (Crude Protein) 28, EE (Ether Extract) 15. 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 Rhynchogale melleri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	39.29	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	28.57	Damuth, J…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	9.52	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	8.33	Nowak,R. …
Orthoptera	WHOLE	7.14	Damuth, J…
Squamata	WHOLE	4.76	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	2.38	Damuth, J…

^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 Rhynchogale melleri.
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…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Rhynchogale melleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,700	-	3,070	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	2,240	-	-	Juhn, M.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Rhynchogale melleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
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 Rhynchogale melleri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Rynchogale melleri	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Rhynchogale melleri	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
Rhynchogale melleri	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhynchogale melleri	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhynchogale melleri	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
Rhynchogale melleri	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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