Accepted taxon: Phascogale tapoatafa
Accepted taxon: Phascogale tapoatafa
| Taxon: |
Phascogale tapoatafa |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
DASYUROMORPHIA | Dasyuridae | Dasyurinae | Phascogalini | Phascogale |
| 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 Phascogale tapoatafa diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 20, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 14.
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 Phascogale tapoatafa.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
44.44 |
Damuth, J… |
| Vertebrata |
WHOLE |
14.44 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
NECTAR/JUICE |
13.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Aves |
EGGS |
11.11 |
Hume,ID, … |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
10.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Araneae |
WHOLE |
6.67 |
Grzimek,B… |
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 Phascogale tapoatafa.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
110 |
- |
311 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Phascogale tapoatafa.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| femur circumference |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| humerus circumference |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
127 |
- |
- |
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 Phascogale tapoatafa.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Geiser,F., 2003, Thermal biology and energetics of carnivorous marsupials, Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Fisher,DO, 1993, Body Size-Prey Relationships in Insectivorous Marsupials: Tests of Three Hypotheses, Ecology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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 |
| Phascogale tapoatafa |
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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