Accepted taxon: Sarcophilus harrisii
Accepted taxon: Sarcophilus harrisii
| Taxon: |
Sarcophilus harrisii |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
DASYUROMORPHIA | Dasyuridae | Dasyurinae | Dasyurini | Sarcophilus |
| 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 Sarcophilus harrisii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 65, 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 Sarcophilus harrisii.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Vertebrata |
WHOLE |
33.33 |
Hume,ID, … |
| Mammalia |
WHOLE |
13.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Macropodidae |
WHOLE |
10.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Thylogale |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Phalangeriformes |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Pseudocheirus peregrinus |
WHOLE |
5.93 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Rattus lutreolus |
WHOLE |
5.19 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Pseudomys higginsi |
WHOLE |
4.44 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Antechinus |
WHOLE |
3.70 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Vertebrata |
CARRION |
3.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Aves |
WHOLE |
2.96 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Calliphora |
LARVAE |
2.22 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Coleoptera |
WHOLE |
1.48 |
Taylor,RJ… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
0.74 |
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Sarcophilus harrisii.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
6,667.18 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
19 |
- |
- |
19 |
- |
8,255.38 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
14 |
- |
14 |
- |
- |
5,533.83 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4,100 |
- |
12,000 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
19 |
- |
- |
19 |
- |
585.7 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
14 |
- |
14 |
- |
- |
532.1 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
640 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Occipital condyle width (OCW) |
nan |
mm |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
24.59 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Sarcophilus harrisii.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| brainmass |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| skull_length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
134 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
28 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| femur circumference |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| humerus circumference |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
43 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1,414 |
- |
- |
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 Sarcophilus harrisii.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
Geiser,F., 2003, Thermal biology and energetics of carnivorous marsupials, Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sacrophilus harrisii |
Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus laniarius |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
50: Synonym |
Verified - Accepted |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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 |
| Sarcophilus harrisii |
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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