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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tupaia dorsalis

Accepted taxon: Tupaia dorsalis


Accepted taxon: Tupaia dorsalis
Taxon: Tupaia dorsalis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: SCANDENTIA | Tupaiidae | Tupaia
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 Tupaia dorsalis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 30, CP (Crude Protein) 42, EE (Ether Extract) 16. 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 Tupaia dorsalis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 22.22 Grzimek,B…
Formicidae WHOLE 19.44 Grzimek,B…
Blattaria WHOLE 16.67 Grzimek,B…
Araneae WHOLE 13.89 Grzimek,B…
Chilopoda WHOLE 11.11 Grzimek,B…
Diplopoda WHOLE 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda WHOLE 5.56 Grzimek,B…
Oligochaeta WHOLE 2.78 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 Tupaia dorsalis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Hideki EN…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tupaia dorsalis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 1 1 - - - 84 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 168 - 265 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 1 1 - - - 175 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 1 1 - - - 9.67 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Tupaia dorsalis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 43 - - Engelman,…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Tupaia dorsalis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Tupaia dorsalis Endo,H., 2003, Morphological adaptation of the skull for various behaviors in the tree shrews, Journal of veterinary medical science 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Tupaia dorsalis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Tupaia dorsalis 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
Tupaia dorsalis 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
Tupaia dorsalis 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 Tupaia dorsalis , Accessed 20th September 2024 at https://mammalbase.net/me/5478]