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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Taxidea taxus

Accepted taxon: Taxidea taxus


Accepted taxon: Taxidea taxus
Taxon: Taxidea taxus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Mustelidae | Mustelinae | Taxidea
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 Taxidea taxus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 59, EE (Ether Extract) 21. 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 Taxidea taxus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Rodentia WHOLE 55.95 Damuth, J…
Mammalia WHOLE 11.43 Grzimek,B…
Aves WHOLE 8.57 Grzimek,B…
Animalia WHOLE 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Spermophilus WHOLE 7.14 Nowak,R. …
Reptilia WHOLE 5.71 Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda WHOLE 2.86 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 Taxidea taxus.
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…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Semifossorial Semifossorial,Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits arrhythmic arrhythmic John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Taxidea taxus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 7,842 - - Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 8 8 - - - 5,853.81 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 3,180 - 12,100 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 588.5 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 8 8 - - - 32.05 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Taxidea taxus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 49 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 125 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 54 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 28 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 10 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 33 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 9 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 6 6 - - - 2,700 - - 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 Taxidea taxus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Taxidea taxus Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus 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
Taxidea taxus 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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