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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Glaucomys volans

Accepted taxon: Glaucomys volans


Accepted taxon: Glaucomys volans
Taxon: Glaucomys volans
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | SCIUROMORPHA | Sciuridae | Sciurinae | Pteromyini | Glaucomys
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 Glaucomys volans diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 41, CP (Crude Protein) 32, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Glaucomys volans.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SEED 67.78 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 18.89 Damuth, J…
Aves EGGS 4.44 Reid,F., …
Vertebrata EGGS 4.44 Damuth, J…
Vertebrata WHOLE 4.44 Damuth, J…

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 Glaucomys volans.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Frugivore-Granivore Frugivore-Granivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Arboreal Arboreal Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Glaucomys volans.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 13 13 - - - 64.23 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 40 - 114 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 126 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 13 13 - - - 7.88 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Glaucomys volans.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 2 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 35 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 1 - - McNab, B.…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 2 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 10 10 - - - 67 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 9 9 - - - 65 - - Genoud, M…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Glaucomys volans.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Glaucomys volans Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans Jackson,S. M., 2002, Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals, Mammal Review 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans 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
Glaucomys volans Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans 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
Glaucomys volans 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
Glaucomys volans 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
Glaucomys volans 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
Glaucomys volans Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Glaucomys volans 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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