MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Isoodon macrourus

Accepted taxon: Isoodon macrourus
Taxon:	Isoodon macrourus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PERAMELEMORPHIA \| Peramelidae \| Peramelinae \| Isoodon
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 Isoodon macrourus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 31, CP (Crude Protein) 41, EE (Ether Extract) 11. 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 Isoodon macrourus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	26.19	Damuth, J…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	25.24	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	17.14	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	11.43	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	3.33	Damuth, J…
Saccharum officinarum	STEM	2.38	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 2. List of Standard Traits for Isoodon macrourus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	–
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Isoodon macrourus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	-	3	-	600	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	-	276	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Isoodon macrourus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	393	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	507	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	580	-	-	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 Isoodon macrourus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Isoodon macrourus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Isoodon macrourus	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
Isoodon macrourus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Isoodon macrourus	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
Isoodon macrourus	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
Isoodon macrourus	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
Isoodon macrourus	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

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