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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Elephantulus rufescens

Accepted taxon: Elephantulus rufescens


Accepted taxon: Elephantulus rufescens
Taxon: Elephantulus rufescens
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 rufescens diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 32, CP (Crude Protein) 36, EE (Ether Extract) 18. 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 Elephantulus rufescens.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Formicidae WHOLE 21.90 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 20.00 Damuth, J…
Isoptera WHOLE 15.00 Damuth, J…
Termitidae WHOLE 14.29 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 12.14 Damuth, J…
Arthropoda WHOLE 9.52 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 4.76 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 2.38 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 Elephantulus rufescens.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Elephantulus rufescens.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 11 11 - - - 54.45 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 25 - 98 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 121 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 11 11 - - - 8.48 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Elephantulus rufescens.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 34 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 1 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 6 6 - - - 57 - - 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 rufescens.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Elephantalus rufescens McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens 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 rufescens Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens 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 rufescens 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 rufescens 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 rufescens 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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