MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Macropus parryi

Accepted taxon: Macropus parryi
Taxon:	Macropus parryi
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 parryi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 29, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 11, 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 parryi.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	58.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Pteridophyta	LEAF	8.33	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 parryi.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	Herbivore-Grazer	– 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
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

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Macropus parryi.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	7,000	-	26,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Macropus parryi.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	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 parryi.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Macropus parryi	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus parryi	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 parryi	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 parryi	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus parryi	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 parryi	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus parryi	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 parryi	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 parryi	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 parryi	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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