MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Isoodon obesulus

Accepted taxon: Isoodon obesulus
Taxon:	Isoodon obesulus
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 obesulus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 27, CP (Crude Protein) 45, 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 Isoodon obesulus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	45.24	Damuth, J…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	9.52	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Fungi	SHOOT	4.76	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	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 obesulus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– 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 Isoodon obesulus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Isoodon obesulus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	418	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	449	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	223	-	-	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 obesulus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Isoodon obesulus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Isoodon obesulus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Isoodon obesulus	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 obesulus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Isoodon obesulus	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
Isoodon obesulus	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 obesulus	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 obesulus	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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