MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Didelphis marsupialis

Accepted taxon: Didelphis marsupialis
Taxon:	Didelphis marsupialis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIDELPHIMORPHIA \| Didelphidae \| Didelphinae \| Didelphis
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 Didelphis marsupialis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 35, CP (Crude Protein) 37, EE (Ether Extract) 11. 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 Didelphis marsupialis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	25.83	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	20.24	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	17.98	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	10.71	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	8.93	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	EGGS	5.36	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	5.00	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	3.45	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	2.50	Hume,ID, …

^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 Didelphis marsupialis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	John G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	John G. R…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	Paglia,A.…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Didelphis marsupialis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	8	-	-	580	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	235	-	3,960	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	1,000	1,350	1,700	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	-	9	-	412	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	-	9	-	281	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	8	-	-	324	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Didelphis marsupialis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	39	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	611	-	-	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 Didelphis marsupialis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Didelphis marsupialis	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	Gordon,C. L., 2003, A first look at estimating body size in dentally conservative marsupials, Journal of Mammalian Evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	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
Didelphis marsupialis	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	Weisbecker, V., Beck, R.M., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A.R., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M.S., Mardon, K. and Phillips, M.J., 2023. Multiple modes of inference reveal less phylogenetic signal in marsupial basicranial shape compared with the rest of the cranium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1880), p.20220085.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Didelphis marsupialis	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
Didelphis marsupialis	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
Didelphis marsupialis	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
Didelphis marsupialis	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
Didelphis marsupialis	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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