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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cricetulus migratorius

Accepted taxon: Cricetulus migratorius


Accepted taxon: Cricetulus migratorius
Taxon: Cricetulus migratorius
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | MYOMORPHA | Muroidea | Cricetidae | Cricetinae | Cricetulus
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 Cricetulus migratorius diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 44, CP (Crude Protein) 22, 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 Cricetulus migratorius.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 55.56 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SEED 27.78 Grzimek,B…
Insecta WHOLE 16.67 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 Cricetulus migratorius.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
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
Hypsodonty 1 = brachydont 1 = brachydont – Carleton,M. D., 1980, Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine-peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy within New World Cricetinae,, Pacheco,V. R., 2003, Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data, Unpublished Ph.D.diss., City University of New York

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cricetulus migratorius.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 22 - 50 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 36 36 - - - 34.6 - - Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 36 36 - - - 106.7 - - Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Cricetulus migratorius.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
alveolar length of lower molar Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 4 4 4 0 PAMUKOČLU…
alveolar length of upper molar Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 4 4 4 0 PAMUKOČLU…
basilar length Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 21 22 23 1 PAMUKOČLU…
condylobasal length Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 25 26 27 1 PAMUKOČLU…
height of skull Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 10 10 10 0 PAMUKOČLU…
interorbital width Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 4 4 4 0 PAMUKOČLU…
length of diastema Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 7 8 8 0 PAMUKOČLU…
Length of ear Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 19 20 20 1 PAMUKOČLU…
Length of hind foot Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 3 3 - - 12 16 184 3 PAMUKOČLU…
length of mandible Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 14 14 15 1 PAMUKOČLU…
nasal length Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 9 10 10 0 PAMUKOČLU…
occipitonasal length Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 26 27 28 1 PAMUKOČLU…
total length Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 125 130 134 4 PAMUKOČLU…
Weight (gr.) Kastamonu province, Turkey g 4 4 - - 22 25 28 3 PAMUKOČLU…
zygomatic width Kastamonu province, Turkey mm 4 4 - - 13 14 14 0 PAMUKOČLU…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 1 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 6 6 - - - 46 - - 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 Cricetulus migratorius.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Cricetulus migratorius Pacheco,V. R., 2003, Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data, Unpublished Ph.D.diss., City University of New York 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius Carleton,M. D., 1980, Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine-peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy within New World Cricetinae, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius PAMUKOČLU, N. and ALBAYRAK, İ., THE RODENTS OF KASTOMONU PROVINCE. Commun. Fac. Sci Univ. Ank. Series C V. 14. pp. 1-22 (1996) 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cricetulus migratorius 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
Cricetulus migratorius 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
Cricetulus migratorius 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
Cricetulus migratorius 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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