MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petrogale assimilis

Accepted taxon: Petrogale assimilis
Taxon:	Petrogale assimilis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Macropodidae \| Macropodinae \| Petrogale
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 Petrogale assimilis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 12, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Petrogale assimilis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	52.38	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	19.05	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	9.52	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	4.76	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 Petrogale assimilis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Arman, S.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Arman, S.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petrogale assimilis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	2,765	-	5,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petrogale assimilis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Petrogale assimilis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petrogale assimilis	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
Petrogale assimilis	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale assimilis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale assimilis	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
Petrogale assimilis	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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