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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tamias amoenus

Accepted taxon: Tamias amoenus


Accepted taxon: Tamias amoenus
Taxon: Tamias amoenus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | SCIUROMORPHA | Sciuridae | Xerinae | Marmotini | Tamias | Neotamias
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 Tamias amoenus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 33, CP (Crude Protein) 41, EE (Ether Extract) 12. 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 Tamias amoenus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SEED 50.00 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 25.00 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 16.67 Reid,F., …
Vertebrata WHOLE 8.33 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 Tamias amoenus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Frugivore-Granivore Frugivore-Granivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tamias amoenus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 10 10 - - - 51.84 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 30 - 73 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 119 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 10 10 - - - 7.53 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Tamias amoenus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 1 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 29 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 2 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 6 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 5 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 2 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 3 3 - - - 77 - - 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 Tamias amoenus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Tamias amoenus Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Eutamias amoenus McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 50: Synonym Verified - Accepted
Tamias amoenus 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
Eutarnias arnoenus Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 150: Genus synonym, same species epithet
Tamias amoenus 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
Tamias amoenus 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
Tamias amoenus 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
Tamias amoenus 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
Tamias amoenus 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
Tamias amoenus 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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