MammalBase - 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 ENDO, Tsutomu HIKIDA, Masaharu MOTOKAWA, Loke Ming CHOU, Katsuhiro FUKUTA, Brian J. STAFFORD, 2003, 'Morphological Adaptation of the Skull for Various Behaviors in the Tree Shrews', Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 873-879
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	–
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	–

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	-	-	-	-	168	-	265	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	84	-	-	Engelman,…
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

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