MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Trichosurus vulpecula

Accepted taxon: Trichosurus vulpecula
Taxon:	Trichosurus vulpecula
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| PHALANGERIFORMES \| Phalangeroidea \| Phalangeridae \| Phalangerinae \| Trichosurini \| Trichosurus
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 Trichosurus vulpecula diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 29, CP (Crude Protein) 12, 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 Trichosurus vulpecula.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	33.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	21.11	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	20.00	Damuth, J…
Animalia	WHOLE	11.11	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	6.67	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	2.22	Damuth, J…

^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 Trichosurus vulpecula.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Trichosurus vulpecula.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,200	-	5,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	3	-	-	-	1,632.17	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	452.3	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	3	3	-	-	-	17.12	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Trichosurus vulpecula.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	87	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	625	-	-	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 Trichosurus vulpecula.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Trichosurus vulpecula	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trichosurus vulpecula	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trichosurus vulpecula	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trichosurus vulpecula	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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
Trichosurus vulpecula	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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