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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ratufa affinis

Accepted taxon: Ratufa affinis


Accepted taxon: Ratufa affinis
Taxon: Ratufa affinis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | SCIUROMORPHA | Sciuridae | Ratufinae | Ratufa
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 Ratufa affinis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 19, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 50, CP (Crude Protein) 16, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Ratufa affinis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Plantae SHOOT 66.67 Harrison,…
Plantae SEED 33.33 Harrison,…

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 Ratufa affinis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Arboreal Arboreal Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Ratufa affinis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 5 5 - - - 1,090 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 875 - 1,575 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 346.2 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 5 5 - - - 15.6 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Ratufa affinis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 10 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 60 - - Engelman,…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 5 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 31 - - 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 Ratufa affinis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Ratufa affinis Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ratufa affinis Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ratufa affinis Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ratufa affinis 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
Ratufa affinis Harrison,JL, 1954, The natural food of some rats and other mammals, Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Ratufa affinis 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
Ratufa affinis 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
Ratufa affinis 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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