MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Neotoma albigula

Accepted taxon: Neotoma albigula
Taxon:	Neotoma albigula
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Neotominae \| Neotoma \| Neotoma
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 Neotoma albigula diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 17, ASH (Ash contents) 14, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 51, CP (Crude Protein) 14, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Neotoma albigula.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Cactaceae	SHOOT	37.50	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	12.50	Damuth, J…
Cactaceae	FRUIT	12.50	Damuth, J…
Prosopis caldenia	SEED	8.33	Reid,F., …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	8.06	Damuth, J…
Yucca	LEAF	5.00	Dial,K. P…
Juniperus	STEM	4.44	Dial,K. P…
Chrysothamnus	STEM	3.33	Dial,K. P…
Rhus	SHOOT	2.78	Dial,K. P…
Fallugia paradoxa	SHOOT	2.22	Dial,K. P…
Artemisia vulgaris	SHOOT	1.67	Dial,K. P…
Atriplex	SHOOT	1.11	Dial,K. P…
Ephedra	SHOOT	0.56	Dial,K. P…

^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 Neotoma albigula.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Brian K. …
Hypsodonty	3 = hypsodont	3 = hypsodont	Carleton,…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Neotoma albigula.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	162.4	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	95	-	294	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	174.9	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	9.95	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Neotoma albigula.
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	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	9	9	-	-	-	128	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	8	8	-	-	-	141	-	-	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 Neotoma albigula.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Neotoma labigula	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Neotoma albigula	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neotoma albigula	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neotoma albigula	Dial,K. P., 1988, Three sympatric species of Neotoma: dietary specialization and coexistence, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	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
Neotoma albigula	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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