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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dromiciops gliroides

Accepted taxon: Dromiciops gliroides


Accepted taxon: Dromiciops gliroides
Taxon: Dromiciops gliroides
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: MICROBIOTHERIA | Microbiotheriidae | Dromiciops
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 Dromiciops gliroides diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 2, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 14, CP (Crude Protein) 21, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Dromiciops gliroides.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Arthropoda WHOLE 41.03 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 20.51 Hume,ID, …
Scarabaeoidea LARVAE 12.31 Grzimek,B…
Insecta LARVAE 9.23 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 7.69 Grzimek,B…
Diptera WHOLE 6.15 Grzimek,B…
Squamata WHOLE 3.08 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 Dromiciops gliroides.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore Cofre, H.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Cofre, H.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Scansonal Scansonal Weisbecke…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dromiciops gliroides.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) Chile g - - - - - 25.45 - - Cofre, H.…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 8 8 - - - 25.25 - - Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 7 7 - - - 93.86 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 8 8 - - - 6.59 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Dromiciops gliroides.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 1 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 26 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 1 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 7 7 - - - 35 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 5 5 - - - 32 - - 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 Dromiciops gliroides.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Dromiciops australis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym Verified - Accepted
Dromiciops gliroides Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dromiciops australis Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym Verified - Accepted
Dromiciops gliroides Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dromiciops australis gliroides Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook 61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym
Dromiciops gliroides 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
Dromiciops gliroides 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
Dromiciops gliroides 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
Dromiciops gliroides 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
Dromiciops gliroides 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

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