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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dipodomys merriami

Accepted taxon: Dipodomys merriami


Accepted taxon: Dipodomys merriami
Taxon: Dipodomys merriami
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | CASTORIMORPHA | Heteromyidae | Dipodomyinae | Dipodomys
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 Dipodomys merriami diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 13, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 49, CP (Crude Protein) 24, EE (Ether Extract) 9. 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 Dipodomys merriami.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SEED 77.78 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 11.11 Reid,F., …
Insecta WHOLE 11.11 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 Dipodomys merriami.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Frugivore-Granivore Frugivore-Granivore Douglas A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore Douglas A…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Joshua X.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dipodomys merriami.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA g - - - - - 38.3 - 7 James G. …
Body Mass (BM) nan g 1 1 - - - 43 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 25 - 180 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm - - - - - 100.24 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 1 1 - - - 5.77 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Dipodomys merriami.
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 - - - - - 36 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 1 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 10 10 - - - 43 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 6 6 - - - 42 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 3 3 - - - 40 - - 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 Dipodomys merriami.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Dipodomys merriami Hallett,J. G., 1982, Habitat selection and the community matrix of a desert small-mammal fauna, Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys merriami Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys merriami Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys 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
Dipodomys merriami Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. “Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.” J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387–1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys merriami Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys merriami Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys merriami 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
Dipodomys 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
Dipodomys merriami 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
Dipodomys 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

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