MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Xerus inauris

Accepted taxon: Xerus inauris
Taxon:	Xerus inauris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Xerini \| Xerus \| Geosciurus
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 Xerus inauris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 57, CP (Crude Protein) 17, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 Xerus inauris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	21.43	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	16.07	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	12.50	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	10.71	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	10.71	Grzimek,B…
Fabaceae	SEED	8.93	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	ROOT	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	SEED	5.36	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	3.57	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	1.79	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	1.79	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 Xerus inauris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Semifossorial	Semifossorial, Terrestrial	– Joshua X. Samuels, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, 2008, 'Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents', Journal of Morphology, vol. 269, no. 11, pp. 1387-1411, Joshua X. Samuels, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, 2008, 'Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents', Journal of Morphology, vol. 269, no. 11, pp. 1387-1411, 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 Xerus inauris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	286	-	1,100	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Xerus inauris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	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 Xerus inauris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Xerus inauris	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Xerus inauris	Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Xerus inauris	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
Xerus inauris	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
Xerus inauris	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Xerus inauris	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
Xerus inauris	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
Xerus inauris	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
Xerus inauris	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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