MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasyurus geoffroii

Accepted taxon: Dasyurus geoffroii
Taxon:	Dasyurus geoffroii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DASYUROMORPHIA \| Dasyuridae \| Dasyurinae \| Dasyurini \| Dasyurus
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 Dasyurus geoffroii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 57, 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 Dasyurus geoffroii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	30.00	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	30.00	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	30.00	Damuth, J…
Reptilia	WHOLE	5.00	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	5.00	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 Dasyurus geoffroii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– EUAN G. RITCHIE, 2005, 'Predators with Pouches: the Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials', Austral Ecology, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 239-240
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– EUAN G. RITCHIE, 2005, 'Predators with Pouches: the Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials', Austral Ecology, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 239-240

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dasyurus geoffroii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	550	-	2,900	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasyurus geoffroii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	462	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	500	-	-	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 Dasyurus geoffroii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasyurus geoffroii	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus geoffroii	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus geoffroii	Geiser,F., 2003, Thermal biology and energetics of carnivorous marsupials, Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus geoffroii	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
Dasyurus geoffroii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus geoffroii	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
Dasyurus geoffroii	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
Dasyurus geoffroii	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
Dasyurus geoffroii	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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