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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Vulpes bengalensis

Accepted taxon: Vulpes bengalensis


Accepted taxon: Vulpes bengalensis
Taxon: Vulpes bengalensis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Canidae | Vulpes
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 Vulpes bengalensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 22, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 12. 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 Vulpes bengalensis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Vertebrata WHOLE 33.33 Nowak,R. …
Insecta WHOLE 26.67 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 20.00 Nowak,R. …
Anura WHOLE 13.33 Nowak,R. …
Squamata WHOLE 6.67 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 Vulpes bengalensis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Frugivore-omnivore Carnivore,Frugivore-omnivore A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Animalivore,Frugivore A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits nocturnal and crepuscular nocturnal and crepuscular John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Vulpes bengalensis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 1,800 - 4,180 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 2,500 - - Juhn, M.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Vulpes bengalensis.
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 Vulpes bengalensis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Vulpes bengalensis Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Vulpes bengalensis Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Vulpes bengalensis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Vulpes bengalensis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Vulpes bengalensis 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
Vulpes bengalensis 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
Vulpes bengalensis 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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