MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Perameles gunnii

Accepted taxon: Perameles gunnii
Taxon:	Perameles gunnii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PERAMELEMORPHIA \| Peramelidae \| Peramelinae \| Perameles
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 Perameles gunnii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 27, CP (Crude Protein) 44, EE (Ether Extract) 15. 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 Perameles gunnii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	21.43	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	LARVAE	17.86	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	10.71	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	ROOT	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	3.57	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 Perameles gunnii.
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 Perameles gunnii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	450	-	1,500	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Perameles gunnii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	375	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	421	-	-	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 Perameles gunnii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Perameles gunnii	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles gunnii	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles gunnii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles gunnii	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
Perameles gunnii	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
Perameles gunnii	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
Perameles gunnii	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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