MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Vulpes ferrilata

Accepted taxon: Vulpes ferrilata
Taxon:	Vulpes ferrilata
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 ferrilata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 12, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 64, EE (Ether Extract) 16. 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 ferrilata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Rodentia	WHOLE	26.67	Grzimek,B…
Lagomorpha	WHOLE	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Ochotona	WHOLE	13.33	Smith,A. …
Aves	WHOLE	8.10	Grzimek,B…
Phrynocephalus	WHOLE	8.00	Smith,A. …
Lepus oiostolus	WHOLE	6.00	Smith,A. …
Ochotona curzoniae	WHOLE	5.00	Smith,A. …
Pitymys	WHOLE	4.29	Smith,A. …
Marmota himalayana	WHOLE	4.00	Smith,A. …
Alticola	WHOLE	3.57	Smith,A. …
Cricetulus	WHOLE	2.86	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	2.14	Smith,A. …
Moschus moschiferus moschiferus	WHOLE	2.00	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	0.71	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 ferrilata.
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 ferrilata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	3,000	-	7,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	6	-	-	3,900	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5,544	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	6	-	-	628	-	-	Nelson, A…

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