MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Perameles nasuta

Accepted taxon: Perameles nasuta
Taxon:	Perameles nasuta
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 nasuta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 17, CP (Crude Protein) 45, EE (Ether Extract) 22. 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 nasuta.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	57.78	Damuth, J…
Scarabaeoidea	LARVAE	10.00	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	8.89	Grzimek,B…
Curculionidae	LARVAE	6.67	Nowak,R. …
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Muridae	WHOLE	4.44	Grzimek,B…
Scarabaeidae	LARVAE	3.33	Nowak,R. …
Squamata	WHOLE	2.22	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 nasuta.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Weisbecke…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Perameles nasuta.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	1,025	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	356	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	15.17	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Perameles nasuta.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	80	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	322	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	316	-	-	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 nasuta.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Perameles nasuta	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles nasuta	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
Perameles nasuta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles nasuta	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles nasuta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles nasuta	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
Perameles nasuta	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perameles nasuta	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 nasuta	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
Perameles nasuta	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 nasuta	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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