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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Aplodontia rufa

Accepted taxon: Aplodontia rufa


Accepted taxon: Aplodontia rufa
Taxon: Aplodontia rufa
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | SCIUROMORPHA | Aplodontiidae | Aplodontia
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 Aplodontia rufa diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 49, CP (Crude Protein) 12, 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 Aplodontia rufa.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 40.05 Damuth, J…
Pteridophyta LEAF 14.19 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida STEM 12.14 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 11.40 Damuth, J…
Animalia FECES 7.62 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida BARK 7.14 Damuth, J…
Poaceae STEM 2.67 Grzimek,B…
Pinus contorta LEAF 2.14 Nowak,R. …
Abies magnifica LEAF 1.43 Nowak,R. …
Abies LEAF 0.71 Nowak,R. …
Coniferophyta BARK 0.50 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 Aplodontia rufa.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore JOSHUA X.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Fossorial Fossorial Joshua X.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Aplodontia rufa.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 12 12 - - - 889.53 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 500 - 1,800 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 10 10 - - - 305.5 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 12 12 - - - 14.65 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Aplodontia rufa.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 7 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 70 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 6 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 16 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 6 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 14 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 4 - - Nelson, A…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Aplodontia rufa.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Aplodontia rufa SAMUELS,J. X., 2009, Cranial morphology and dietary habits of rodents, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa 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
Aplodontia rufa Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. “Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.” J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387–1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Aplodontia rufa 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
Aplodontia rufa 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
Aplodontia rufa 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
Aplodontia rufa 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
Aplodontia rufa 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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