MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Antechinus flavipes

Accepted taxon: Antechinus flavipes
Taxon:	Antechinus flavipes
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 flavipes diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 15, CP (Crude Protein) 55, 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 Antechinus flavipes.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	50.00	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	25.00	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	8.33	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 flavipes.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore, Insectivore	– 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 Antechinus flavipes.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	18	-	79	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Antechinus flavipes.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	McNab, B.…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Antechinus flavipes.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Antechinus flavipes	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Antechinus flavipes	Geiser,F., 2003, Thermal biology and energetics of carnivorous marsupials, Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Antechinus flavipes	Fisher,DO, 1993, Body Size-Prey Relationships in Insectivorous Marsupials: Tests of Three Hypotheses, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Antechinus flavipes	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 flavipes	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Antechinus flavipes	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
Antechinus flavipes	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
Antechinus flavipes	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
Antechinus flavipes	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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