MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petaurus breviceps

Accepted taxon: Petaurus breviceps
Taxon:	Petaurus breviceps
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| PHALANGERIFORMES \| Petauroidea \| Petauridae \| Petaurus
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 Petaurus breviceps diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 20, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 Petaurus breviceps.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	42.22	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	15.56	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	14.44	Grzimek,B…
Acacia	EXUDATES	13.33	Hume,ID, …
Magnoliopsida	POLLEN	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	5.56	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	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 Petaurus breviceps.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Stephen M. Jackson, 2000, 'Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals', Mammal Review, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-30, Weisbecker, V., Beck, R., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M., Mardon, K., Phillips, M. 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: Biological Sciences. 378(1880), pp.None. Available at: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0085.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petaurus breviceps.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	69	-	160	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	91.04	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	150	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	8.32	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petaurus breviceps.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	13	13	-	-	-	76	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	74	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	89	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	84	-	-	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 Petaurus breviceps.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurus breviceps	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurus breviceps	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurus breviceps	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	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
Petaurus breviceps	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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