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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petrogale xanthopus

Accepted taxon: Petrogale xanthopus


Accepted taxon: Petrogale xanthopus
Taxon: Petrogale xanthopus
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 xanthopus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 28, ASH (Ash contents) 10, 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 Petrogale xanthopus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 50.00 Grzimek,B…
Poaceae STEM 41.67 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 8.33 Hume,ID, …

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 xanthopus.
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.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Weisbecke…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petrogale xanthopus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 2,000 - 9,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Petrogale xanthopus.
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 xanthopus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Petrogale xanthopus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Petrogale xanthopus 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 xanthopus Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Petrogale xanthopus Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Petrogale xanthopus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Petrogale xanthopus 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 xanthopus Weisbecker, V., Beck, R.M., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A.R., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M.S., Mardon, K. and Phillips, M.J., 2023. Multiple modes of inference reveal less phylogenetic signal in marsupial basicranial shape compared with the rest of the cranium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1880), p.20220085. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Petrogale xanthopus 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

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2024. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Petrogale xanthopus , Accessed 23rd November 2024 at https://mammalbase.net/me/5171]