MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Funisciurus pyrropus

Accepted taxon: Funisciurus pyrropus
Taxon:	Funisciurus pyrropus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Protoxerini \| Funisciurus
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 Funisciurus pyrropus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 33, CP (Crude Protein) 38, 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 Funisciurus pyrropus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	50.00	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	40.00	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	EGGS	10.00	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 Funisciurus pyrropus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Funisciurus pyrropus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	150	-	300	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Central Africa	g	-	-	-	-	160	230	300	-	Amori,G.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Funisciurus pyrropus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	181	-	-	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 Funisciurus pyrropus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Funisciurus pyrropus	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus pyrropus	Amori,G., 2002, Rodents and the bushmeat harvest in Central Africa, Links between biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and food security: the sustainable use of wild meat.Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus pyrrhopus	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus pyrrhopus	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus pyrropus	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
Funisciurus pyrropus	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
Funisciurus pyrropus	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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