MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petaurista alborufus

Accepted taxon: Petaurista alborufus
Taxon:	Petaurista alborufus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Sciurinae \| Pteromyini \| Petaurista
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 Petaurista alborufus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 13, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 19, EE (Ether Extract) 11. 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 Petaurista alborufus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Fagaceae	SEED	25.00	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SEED	21.43	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	17.86	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	14.29	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	10.71	Smith,A. …
Animalia	LARVAE	7.14	Smith,A. …
Aves	EGGS	3.57	Smith,A. …

^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 Petaurista alborufus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Stephen M. Jackson, 2000, 'Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals', Mammal Review, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-30, Virginia Hayssen, 2008, 'Patterns of Body and Tail Length and Body Mass in Sciuridae', Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 852-873

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petaurista alborufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	30	-	-	30	-	1,508	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	21	-	21	-	-	1,541	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,223	-	4,290	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,454	-	-	Meiri, S.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	21	-	21	-	-	395	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	30	-	-	30	-	393	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petaurista alborufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Petaurista alborufus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petaurista alborufus	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista alborufus	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
Petaurista alborufus	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista alborufus	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista alborufus	Meiri, S., Raia, P. and Phillimore, A.B., 2011. Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution on islands. Journal of Biogeography, 38(1), pp.89-100.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista alborufus	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
Petaurista alborufus	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
Petaurista alborufus	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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