MammalBase - 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. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– Cofre, H. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68.
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	– Weisbecker, V., Beck, R., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M., Mardon, K., Phillips, M. 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: Biological Sciences. 378(1880), pp.None. Available at: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0085.

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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