MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Marmota monax

Accepted taxon: Marmota monax
Taxon:	Marmota monax
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Marmotini \| Marmota \| Marmota
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 Marmota monax diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 15, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 45, CP (Crude Protein) 15, 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 Marmota monax.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Cactaceae	SHOOT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Plantae	SHOOT	33.33	Reid,F., …
Medicago sativa	SHOOT	6.06	Grzimek,B…
Trifolium	SHOOT	5.45	Grzimek,B…
Taraxacum officinale	SHOOT	4.85	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	4.24	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	3.64	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	3.03	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	2.42	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	1.82	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	1.21	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	0.61	Grzimek,B…

^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 Marmota monax.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Marmota monax.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	12	12	-	-	-	3,657.7	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,800	-	7,500	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	428	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	12	12	-	-	-	20.74	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Marmota monax.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	27	27	-	-	-	651	-	-	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 Marmota monax.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Marmota monax	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Marmota monax	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
Marmota monax	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Marmota monax	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Marmota monax	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
Marmota monax	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
Marmota monax	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
Marmota monax	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
Marmota monax	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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