MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Heliosciurus rufobrachium

Accepted taxon: Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Taxon:	Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Protoxerini \| Heliosciurus
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 Heliosciurus rufobrachium diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 13, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 50, CP (Crude Protein) 21, EE (Ether Extract) 9. 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 Heliosciurus rufobrachium.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	21.43	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	17.86	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	14.29	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	10.71	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	EGGS	7.14	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	3.57	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 Heliosciurus rufobrachium.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	C. J. Cla…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	C. J. Cla…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	C. J. Cla…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Heliosciurus rufobrachium.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	49	49	-	-	-	319.6	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	230	-	482	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Central Africa	g	-	-	-	-	250	325	400	-	Amori,G.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	33	33	-	-	-	282.2	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	33	33	-	-	-	236.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	49	49	-	-	-	241.5	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Heliosciurus rufobrachium.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	163	-	-	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 Heliosciurus rufobrachium.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurius rufobrachium	Clark,CJ, 2001, The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1, Biotropica	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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
Heliosciurus rufobrachium	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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