MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Sciurus vulgaris

Accepted taxon: Sciurus vulgaris
Taxon:	Sciurus vulgaris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Sciurinae \| Sciurini \| Sciurus \| Sciurus
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 Sciurus vulgaris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, CP (Crude Protein) 17, EE (Ether Extract) 7. 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 Sciurus vulgaris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	29.63	Grzimek,B…
Fungi	SHOOT	23.70	Grzimek,B…
Coniferophyta	SEED	14.81	Smith,A. …
Fagaceae	SEED	11.85	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	BARK	5.93	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	BUD	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.70	Grzimek,B…
Tracheophyta	EXUDATES	2.96	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	1.85	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 Sciurus vulgaris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Sciurus vulgaris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	200	-	600	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Sciurus vulgaris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body mass	Italian Alps	g	51	-	-	51	-	318	-	21	Wauters, …
Body mass	Italian Alps	g	39	-	39	-	-	325	-	23	Wauters, …
Hind foot length	Italian Alps	mm	51	-	-	51	-	58	-	1	Wauters, …
Hind foot length	Italian Alps	mm	39	-	39	-	-	58	-	1	Wauters, …
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	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 Sciurus vulgaris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Sciurus vulgaris	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sciurus vulgaris	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sciurus vulgaris	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sciurus vulgaris	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sciurus vulgaris	Wauters, L.A., Amori, G., Aloise, G., Gippoliti, S., Agnelli, P., Galimberti, A., Casiraghi, M., Preatoni, D. and Martinoli, A., 2017. New endemic mammal species for Europe: Sciurus meridionalis (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Hystrix, 28(1), p.1.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sciurus vulgaris	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
Sciurus vulgaris	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
Sciurus vulgaris	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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