MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Potorous tridactylus

Accepted taxon: Potorous tridactylus
Taxon:	Potorous tridactylus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Potoroidae \| Potorous
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 Potorous tridactylus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 25, EE (Ether Extract) 9. 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 Potorous tridactylus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Fungi	SHOOT	36.53	Damuth, J…
Fungi	ROOT	19.67	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	12.97	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	12.93	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	6.56	Hume,ID, …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	4.22	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	3.93	Nowak,R. …
Animalia	LARVAE	1.87	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	1.31	Nowak,R. …

^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 Potorous tridactylus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Arman, S., Prideaux, G. 2015. Dietary classification of extant kangaroos and their relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Austral Ecology. 40(8), pp.909-922. Available at: 10.1111/aec.12273., 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.
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– 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 Potorous tridactylus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	660	-	2,200	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	1,420	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	360	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	16.17	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Potorous tridactylus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	5	5	-	-	-	504	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	437	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	523	-	-	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 Potorous tridactylus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Potorous tridactylus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potorous tridactylus	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potorous tridactylus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potorous tridactylus	Arman, S.D. and Prideaux, G.J., 2015. Dietary classification of extant kangaroos and their relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Austral ecology, 40(8), pp.909-922.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	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
Potorous tridactylus	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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