MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cynomys leucurus

Accepted taxon: Cynomys leucurus
Taxon:	Cynomys leucurus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Marmotini \| Cynomys \| Leucocrossuromys
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 Cynomys leucurus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 40, CP (Crude Protein) 24, 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 Cynomys leucurus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	40.00	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	30.00	Damuth, J…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	20.00	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	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 Cynomys leucurus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cynomys leucurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	-	8	-	1,238.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	8	-	-	868.4	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	847	-	1,550	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	6	-	-	-	629.83	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	8	-	-	302.2	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	302.5	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	-	8	-	315	-	-	Nelson, A…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	-	13.62	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cynomys leucurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	61	-	-	Engelman,…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	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 Cynomys leucurus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cynomys leucurus	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cynomys leururus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Cynomys leucurus	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
Cynomys leucurus	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
Cynomys leucurus	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
Cynomys leucurus	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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