MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Antechinus bellus

Accepted taxon: Antechinus bellus
Taxon:	Antechinus bellus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DASYUROMORPHIA \| Dasyuridae \| Dasyurinae \| Phascogalini \| Antechinus
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 Antechinus bellus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 18. 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 Antechinus bellus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	100.00	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 Antechinus bellus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
No trait values available.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Antechinus bellus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	13	-	13	-	-	26	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	19	-	-	19	-	53.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	26	-	66	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	13	-	13	-	-	108	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	19	-	-	19	-	128	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Antechinus bellus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Antechinus bellus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Antechinus bellus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Antechinus bellus	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
Antechinus bellus	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
Antechinus bellus	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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