MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Phascolarctos cinereus

Accepted taxon: Phascolarctos cinereus
Taxon:	Phascolarctos cinereus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| VOMBATIFORMES \| Phascolarctidae \| Phascolarctos
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 Phascolarctos cinereus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 30, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, CP (Crude Protein) 8, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Phascolarctos cinereus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Eucalyptus fruticetorum	LEAF	35.00	Damuth, J…
Eucalyptus	LEAF	33.93	Grzimek,B…
Eucalyptus fruticetorum	BARK	7.50	Nowak,R. …
Santalales	LEAF	6.79	Grzimek,B…
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	LEAF	6.25	Grzimek,B…
Eucalyptus viminalis	LEAF	4.46	Grzimek,B…
Acacia	LEAF	2.68	Grzimek,B…
Spartina	LEAF	2.50	Nowak,R. …
Buxus	LEAF	0.89	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 Phascolarctos cinereus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Granivore, Herbivore-Browser	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Phascolarctos cinereus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	3	-	-	-	6,630.3	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	3,650	-	15,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	599	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	3	3	-	-	-	25.09	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Phascolarctos cinereus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	141	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	58	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Phascolarctos cinereus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Phascolarctos cinereus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	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
Phascolarctos cinereus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	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
Phascolarctos cinereus	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
Phascolarctos cinereus	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phascolarctos cinereus	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
Phascolarctos cinereus	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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