MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dasyurus viverrinus

Accepted taxon: Dasyurus viverrinus
Taxon:	Dasyurus viverrinus
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 viverrinus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 15, CP (Crude Protein) 51, 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 Dasyurus viverrinus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	16.67	Hume,ID, …
Insecta	WHOLE	11.25	Damuth, J…
Animalia	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	8.33	Hume,ID, …
Aves	WHOLE	7.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	7.50	Grzimek,B…
Scarabaeoidea	LARVAE	5.36	Damuth, J…
Rattus lutreolus	WHOLE	3.85	Taylor,RJ…
Mammalia	WHOLE	3.57	Damuth, J…
Antechinus	WHOLE	3.53	Taylor,RJ…
Serpentes	WHOLE	2.88	Taylor,RJ…
Vertebrata	CARRION	2.68	Damuth, J…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	2.56	Taylor,RJ…
Rodentia	WHOLE	2.50	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	2.24	Taylor,RJ…
Calliphora	LARVAE	1.92	Taylor,RJ…
Poaceae	STEM	1.79	Damuth, J…
Hepialidae	LARVAE	1.60	Taylor,RJ…
Insecta	LARVAE	1.28	Taylor,RJ…
Parastacidae	WHOLE	0.96	Taylor,RJ…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	0.89	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	0.64	Taylor,RJ…
Tracheophyta	SHOOT	0.32	Taylor,RJ…

^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 viverrinus.
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, 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.
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 Dasyurus viverrinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	13	-	13	-	-	818.4	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	600	-	2,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	887.6	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	36	-	-	36	-	1,131.6	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	13	-	13	-	-	314.4	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	321.15	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	36	-	-	36	-	327.9	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	14.78	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dasyurus viverrinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	78	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	410	-	-	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 viverrinus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dasyurus viverrinus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus viverrinus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus viverrinus	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 viverrinus	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
Dasyurus viverrinus	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus viverrinus	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 viverrinus	Taylor,RJ, 1986, Notes on the diet of the carnivorous mammals of the Upper Henty River region, western Tasmania,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus viverrinus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dasyurus viverrinus	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
Dasyurus viverrinus	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
Dasyurus viverrinus	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
Dasyurus viverrinus	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 viverrinus	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 viverrinus	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 viverrinus	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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