MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lasiorhinus latifrons

Accepted taxon: Lasiorhinus latifrons
Taxon:	Lasiorhinus latifrons
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| VOMBATIFORMES \| Vombatidae \| Lasiorhinus
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 Lasiorhinus latifrons diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 29, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 50, CP (Crude Protein) 10, 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 Lasiorhinus latifrons.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	58.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	41.67	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 Lasiorhinus latifrons.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	Herbivore-Browser, Herbivore-Grazer	– C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 2004, 'Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction', Austral Ecology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 2004, 'Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction', Austral Ecology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lasiorhinus latifrons.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	-	11	-	-	56,700	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	46	-	-	46	-	56,200	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	61	-	61	-	-	53,900	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	52	-	52	-	-	57,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	-	9	-	55,900	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	19,000	-	32,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	42	-	-	42	-	55,400	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	42	-	-	42	-	854.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	-	11	-	-	873	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	46	-	-	46	-	866.5	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	59	-	59	-	-	850.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	53	-	53	-	-	876.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	-	9	-	871.4	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lasiorhinus latifrons.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	2,525	-	-	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 Lasiorhinus latifrons.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lasiorhinus latifrons	Johnson,CN, 2004, Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction, Austral Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lasiorhinus latifrons	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lasiorhinus latifrons	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lasiorhinus latifrons	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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
Lasiorhinus latifrons	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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