Accepted taxon: Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
  
  
  
  
    Accepted taxon: Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
    
      | Taxon: | 
      Elephantulus brachyrhynchus | 
    
    
      | Rank: | 
      Species | 
    
    
      | Higher Classification: | 
      MACROSCELIDEA | Macroscelididae | Elephantulus | 
    
    
      | 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 Elephantulus brachyrhynchus diet.
      CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 30, CP (Crude Protein) 40, EE (Ether Extract) 19.
      See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets.
      Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15.
      [DOI] 
      
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
  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 Elephantulus brachyrhynchus.
    
      
        | Trait | 
        Selected Value | 
        All Value(s) | 
        Reference(s) | 
      
    
    
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
    Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Elephantulus brachyrhynchus.
    
      
        | Measurement | 
        Location | 
        Unit | 
        n Total | 
        n Unknown | 
        n Female | 
        n Male | 
        Min | 
        Mean | 
        Max | 
        SD | 
        Reference(s) | 
      
    
    
      
      
        | Body Mass (BM)  | 
        nan | 
        g | 
        
          - | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          30 | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          60 | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        Freudenth… | 
      
      
      
        | Body Mass - Female (BM-F)  | 
        Mankwe Wildlife Reserve | 
        g | 
        
          35 | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          35 | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        
          33 | 
        
        
          43 | 
          
        
          63 | 
        
        
          - | 
        
        Yarnell, … | 
      
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
    Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Elephantulus brachyrhynchus.
    
      
        | Measurement | 
        Location | 
        Unit | 
        n Total | 
        n Unknown | 
        n Female | 
        n Male | 
        Min | 
        Mean | 
        Max | 
        SD | 
        Reference(s) | 
      
    
    
    
      
        
      
    
      
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
          
        
      
    
      
        
      
    
      
        
      
    
      
        
          
            
              | BMR (kJ/h)  | 
              nan | 
              kJ/h | 
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                1 | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              McNab, B.… | 
            
          
        
          
        
      
    
      
        
          
            
              | neck length  | 
              nan | 
              mm | 
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                10 | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              Nelson, A… | 
            
          
        
      
    
      
        
          
            
              | BMR,mlO2/h  | 
              nan | 
              mlO2/h | 
              
                4 | 
              
              
                4 | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                44 | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              
                - | 
              
              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 Elephantulus brachyrhynchus.
    
      
        | Taxon | 
        Reference | 
        Match | 
        Status | 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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 | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          Yarnell,RW, , AFROTHERIAN CONSERVATION,  | 
        
        1: Exact Taxon match | 
        Verified - Accepted | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,  | 
        
        1: Exact Taxon match | 
        Verified - Accepted | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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).  | 
        
        1: Exact Taxon match | 
        Verified - Accepted | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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 | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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 | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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 | 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus  | 
        
        
          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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