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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mephitis mephitis

Accepted taxon: Mephitis mephitis


Accepted taxon: Mephitis mephitis
Taxon: Mephitis mephitis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | CANIFORMIA | Mephitidae | Mephitis
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 Mephitis mephitis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 48, EE (Ether Extract) 24. 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 Mephitis mephitis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 19.84 Damuth, J…
Muridae WHOLE 19.05 Damuth, J…
Vertebrata EGGS 15.87 Damuth, J…
Scarabaeoidea LARVAE 9.52 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 8.73 Damuth, J…
Rodentia WHOLE 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Reptilia WHOLE 5.95 Grzimek,B…
Amphibia WHOLE 4.76 Grzimek,B…
Aves EGGS 3.57 Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata CARRION 3.17 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SEED 1.19 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 Mephitis mephitis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Semifossorial Semifossorial,Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits nocturnal and crepuscular nocturnal and crepuscular John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mephitis mephitis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 6 6 - - - 1,641.4 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 500 - 8,000 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 402.5 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 6 6 - - - 17.66 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Mephitis mephitis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 10 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 73 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 30 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 22 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 6 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 24 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 5 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 2 2 - - - 1,508 - - Genoud, M…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Mephitis mephitis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Mephitis mephitis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mephitis mephitis Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mephitis mephitis Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mephitis mephitis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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
Mephitis mephitis 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

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