MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Macropus eugenii

Accepted taxon: Macropus eugenii
Taxon:	Macropus eugenii
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 eugenii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 29, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 12, EE (Ether Extract) 2. 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 eugenii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	66.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	33.33	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 eugenii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Herbivore-Browser, Herbivore-Mixed feeder	– 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., C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 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, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557, D. E. Symon, 1986, 'A Survey of Solanum Prickles and Marsupial Herbivory in Australia', Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 73, no. 4, p. 745, Joseph A. Smith, 2009, 'Macropod Nutrition', Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 197-208
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	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., C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 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, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557, D. E. Symon, 1986, 'A Survey of Solanum Prickles and Marsupial Herbivory in Australia', Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 73, no. 4, p. 745, Joseph A. Smith, 2009, 'Macropod Nutrition', Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 197-208

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Macropus eugenii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	4,000	-	10,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Macropus eugenii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	33	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	15	15	-	-	-	1,419	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	1,382	-	-	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 Macropus eugenii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Macropus eugenii	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	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 eugenii	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 eugenii	Smith,J. A., 2009, Macropod nutrition, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	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 eugenii	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
Macropus eugenii	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 eugenii	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
Notamacropus eugenii	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).	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Macropus eugenii	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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