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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tamias dorsalis

Accepted taxon: Tamias dorsalis


Accepted taxon: Tamias dorsalis
Taxon: Tamias dorsalis
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 dorsalis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 58, CP (Crude Protein) 12, 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 Tamias dorsalis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SEED 28.57 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 23.81 Damuth, J…
Poaceae STEM 23.81 Damuth, J…
Fagaceae SEED 14.29 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 9.52 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 dorsalis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tamias dorsalis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 54 - 85 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Tamias dorsalis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 2 - - 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 Tamias dorsalis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Tamias dorsalis Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Tamias dorsalis 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
Tamias dorsalis 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 dorsalis 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

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2025. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Tamias dorsalis , Accessed 9th May 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/7300]