Accepted taxon: Petauroides volans
Accepted taxon: Petauroides volans
| Taxon: |
Petauroides volans |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
DIPROTODONTIA | PHALANGERIFORMES | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Hemibelideinae | Petauroides |
| 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 Petauroides volans diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, 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 Petauroides volans.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
LEAF |
55.56 |
Damuth, J… |
| Eucalyptus |
LEAF |
33.33 |
Hume,ID, … |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
11.11 |
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 Petauroides volans.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
| Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 |
Arboreal |
Arboreal |
Christoph… |
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petauroides volans.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
1,310 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1,160 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
900 |
- |
1,700 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
6 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
1,420 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1,240 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1,370 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
377.5 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
351 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
405 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
6 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
374.2 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
300 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Occipital condyle width (OCW) |
nan |
mm |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
12.14 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Petauroides volans.
| 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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
52 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
19 |
- |
- |
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 Petauroides volans.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Petauroides volans |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
Jackson,S. M., 2002, Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals, Mammal Review |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
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 |
| Petauroides volans |
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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