MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tamias striatus

Accepted taxon: Tamias striatus
Taxon:	Tamias striatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Marmotini \| Tamias \| Tamias
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 striatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 22, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 striatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	34.51	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	13.04	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	ROOT	10.08	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	6.47	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	5.99	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	4.07	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	3.68	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.66	Grzimek,B…
Fagaceae	SEED	3.57	Nowak,R. …
Quercus	SEED	2.94	Grzimek,B…
Amphibia	WHOLE	2.09	Grzimek,B…
Fagus	SEED	1.96	Grzimek,B…
Zea mays	SEED	1.78	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	EGGS	1.68	Damuth, J…
Serpentes	WHOLE	1.57	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	1.05	Grzimek,B…
Acer	SEED	0.98	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	0.52	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	0.36	Nowak,R. …

^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 striatus.
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 …
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	Nowak, R.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tamias striatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	-	91.33	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	66	-	242	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	145.1	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	8.64	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tamias striatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	14	14	-	-	-	134	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	13	13	-	-	-	90	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	9	9	-	-	-	113	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	9	9	-	-	-	113	-	-	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 striatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tamias striatus	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	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
Tarnias striatus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tamias striatus	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 striatus	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 striatus	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 striatus	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 striatus	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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