MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petaurista petaurista

Accepted taxon: Petaurista petaurista
Taxon:	Petaurista petaurista
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 petaurista diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 19, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 10, 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 Petaurista petaurista.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	28.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	23.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	18.33	Grzimek,B…
Abies X phanerolepis	SHOOT	16.67	Smith,A. …
Pinus	SEED	13.33	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 petaurista.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	JOSHUA X.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petaurista petaurista.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	1,100	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	116	-	-	116	-	1,260	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	100	-	100	-	-	1,335	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	989	-	3,190	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	100	-	100	-	-	377	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	385	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	116	-	-	116	-	378	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	14.71	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petaurista petaurista.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	63	-	-	Engelman,…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	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 Petaurista petaurista.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petaurista petaurista	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	SAMUELS,J. X., 2009, Cranial morphology and dietary habits of rodents, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	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 petaurista	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petaurista petaurista	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
Petaurista petaurista	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
Petaurista petaurista	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 petaurista	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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