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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tamias merriami

Accepted taxon: Tamias merriami


Accepted taxon: Tamias merriami
Taxon: Tamias merriami
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 merriami diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, CP (Crude Protein) 18, EE (Ether Extract) 7. 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 merriami.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 22.22 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SEED 19.44 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 16.67 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida BUD 13.89 Damuth, J…
Fungi SHOOT 11.11 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 8.33 Damuth, J…
Lilianae ROOT 5.56 Damuth, J…
Aves EGGS 2.78 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 merriami.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Virginia …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tamias merriami.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 53 - 113 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Tamias merriami.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 2 - - McNab, B.…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Tamias merriami.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Tamias merriami Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Tamias merriami 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 merriami 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 merriami 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 merriami , Accessed 9th May 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/7308]