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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Macropus agilis

Accepted taxon: Macropus agilis


Accepted taxon: Macropus agilis
Taxon: Macropus agilis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: DIPROTODONTIA | MACROPODIFORMES | Macropodidae | Macropodinae | Macropus | Notamacropus
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 Macropus agilis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 57, 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 Macropus agilis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Poaceae STEM 45.00 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 31.67 Damuth, J…
Neonauclea FRUIT 10.00 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 8.33 Damuth, J…
Ficus FRUIT 5.00 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 Macropus agilis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Grazer Herbivore-Grazer,Herbivore-Mixed feeder Arman, S.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Arman, S.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Macropus agilis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 9,000 - 27,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Macropus agilis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 59 - - 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 Macropus agilis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Macropus agilis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis Johnson,CN, 2004, Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction, Austral Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis Symon,DE, 1986, A survey of Solanum prickles and marsupial herbivory in Australia, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis 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
Macropus agilis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis 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
Macropus agilis Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Macropus agilis 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
Macropus agilis 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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