MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Accepted taxon: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Taxon:	Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	MONOTREMATA \| Ornithorhynchidae \| Ornithorhynchus
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 Ornithorhynchus anatinus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 6, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 30, EE (Ether Extract) 17. 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 Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	25.00	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	LARVAE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Trichoptera	LARVAE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Ephemeroptera	LARVAE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	8.33	Damuth, J…

^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 Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	2,040	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	500	-	2,500	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	399	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	27.07	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
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	-	-	-	-	-	93	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	McNab, B.…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	44	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	475	-	-	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 Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ornithorhyncus anatinus	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Ornithorynchus anatinus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	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
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	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
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	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
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	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
Ornithorhynchus anatinus	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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