MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Bettongia penicillata

Accepted taxon: Bettongia penicillata
Taxon:	Bettongia penicillata
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Potoroidae \| Bettongia
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 Bettongia penicillata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 53, CP (Crude Protein) 20, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 Bettongia penicillata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Fungi	ROOT	50.00	Grzimek,B…
Fungi	SHOOT	14.29	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	ROOT	11.90	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	9.52	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	7.14	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.76	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	CARRION	2.38	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 Bettongia penicillata.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Bettongia penicillata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	981	-	1,600	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Bettongia penicillata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	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 Bettongia penicillata.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Bettongia penicillata	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Bettongia penicillata	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Bettongia penicillata	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
Bettongia penicillata	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Bettongia penicillata	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
Bettongia penicillata	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
Bettongia penicillata	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
Bettongia penicillata	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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