MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Vulpes cana

Accepted taxon: Vulpes cana
Taxon:	Vulpes cana
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 cana diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 44, CP (Crude Protein) 31, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 cana.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Olea europaea	FRUIT	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	20.00	Nowak,R. …
Cucumis	FRUIT	13.33	Nowak,R. …
Vitis	FRUIT	6.67	Nowak,R. …
Insecta	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Muridae	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	5.71	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	5.33	Grzimek,B…
Formicidae	WHOLE	4.76	Grzimek,B…
Termitidae	WHOLE	3.81	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	2.86	Grzimek,B…
Phoenix dactylifera	FRUIT	1.90	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	1.33	Grzimek,B…
Arecaceae	FRUIT	0.95	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 Vulpes cana.
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…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Vulpes cana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	800	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	800	-	3,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Vulpes cana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	631	-	-	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 Vulpes cana.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Vulpes cana	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes cana	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes cana	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes cana	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes cana	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
Vulpes cana	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
Vulpes cana	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 cana	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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