MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tamias palmeri

Accepted taxon: Tamias palmeri
Taxon:	Tamias palmeri
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 palmeri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 49, CP (Crude Protein) 23, EE (Ether Extract) 8. 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 palmeri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	22.22	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	19.44	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	13.89	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	11.11	Damuth, J…
Ascomycota	SHOOT	8.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	5.56	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	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 palmeri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Semifossorial	Semifossorial, Terrestrial	– Joshua X. Samuels, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, 2008, 'Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents', Journal of Morphology, vol. 269, no. 11, pp. 1387-1411, Joshua X. Samuels, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, 2008, 'Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents', Journal of Morphology, vol. 269, no. 11, pp. 1387-1411, Virginia Hayssen, 2008, 'Patterns of Body and Tail Length and Body Mass in Sciuridae', Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 852-873
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– JOSHUA X. SAMUELS, 2009, 'Cranial morphology and dietary habits of rodents', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 156, no. 4, pp. 864-888

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tamias palmeri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	50	-	75	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tamias palmeri.
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 palmeri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tamias palmeri	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias palmeri	SAMUELS,J. X., 2009, Cranial morphology and dietary habits of rodents, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias palmeri	Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias palmeri	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 palmeri	Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias palmeri	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 palmeri	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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