MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dipodomys ordii

Accepted taxon: Dipodomys ordii
Taxon:	Dipodomys ordii
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 ordii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 57, CP (Crude Protein) 19, 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 Dipodomys ordii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	77.78	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	SEED	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	5.56	Grzimek,B…

^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 ordii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	– Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dipodomys ordii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	61.95	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	38	-	96	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.2	-	9	James G. …
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	112.3	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	6.73	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dipodomys ordii.
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	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	3	3	-	-	-	57	-	-	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 ordii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dipodomys ordii	Hallett,J. G., 1982, Habitat selection and the community matrix of a desert small-mammal fauna, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys ordii	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys ordii	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 ordi	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys ordii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dipodomys ordii	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 ordii	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 ordii	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 ordii	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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