MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Vulpes corsac

Accepted taxon: Vulpes corsac
Taxon:	Vulpes corsac
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 corsac diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 9, CP (Crude Protein) 58, EE (Ether Extract) 19. 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 corsac.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Rodentia	WHOLE	26.11	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	16.11	Grzimek,B…
Ochotona	WHOLE	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	10.56	Grzimek,B…
Lagomorpha	WHOLE	8.33	Smith,A. …
Ochotona princeps	WHOLE	5.00	Smith,A. …
Microtus	WHOLE	4.44	Smith,A. …
Cricetinae	WHOLE	3.89	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Marmota	WHOLE	3.33	Smith,A. …
Vertebrata	WHOLE	2.22	Smith,A. …
Squamata	WHOLE	1.67	Smith,A. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	1.67	Smith,A. …

^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 corsac.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	A. R. Fri…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Vulpes corsac.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	-	10	-	-	2,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,900	-	5,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	22	-	-	22	-	2,750	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	10	-	10	-	-	490	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	22	-	-	22	-	500	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Vulpes corsac.
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 corsac.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Vulpes corsac	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes corsac	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes corsac	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes corsac	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes corsac	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Vulpes corsac	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 corsac	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
Vulpes corsac	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 corsac	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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