MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Macropus rufus

Accepted taxon: Macropus rufus
Taxon:	Macropus rufus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Macropodidae \| Macropodinae \| Macropus \| Osphranter
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 rufus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 31, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 10, 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 rufus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	83.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	16.67	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 Macropus rufus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	Herbivore-Grazer	Arman, S.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Arman, S.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Macropus rufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	17,000	-	90,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Macropus rufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	116	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	72	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	56	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	142	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	4,434	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	5,791	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	5,065	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	-	-	-	-	-	5,588	-	-	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 rufus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Macropus rufus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus rufus	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 rufus	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 rufus	Smith,J. A., 2009, Macropod nutrition, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus rufus	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus rufus	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 rufus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Macropus rufus	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 rufus	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 rufus	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 rufus	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 rufus	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
Macropus rufus	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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