MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Peromyscus leucopus

Accepted taxon: Peromyscus leucopus
Taxon:	Peromyscus leucopus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Neotominae \| Peromyscus
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 Peromyscus leucopus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 27, 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 Peromyscus leucopus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	83.33	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	16.67	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 Peromyscus leucopus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore, 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, Victor SÃƒÂ¡nchezÃ¢â‚¬ÂCordero, 2001, 'Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 63-76
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,
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	– Victor SÃƒÂ¡nchezÃ¢â‚¬ÂCordero, 2001, 'Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 63-76

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Peromyscus leucopus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	21.6	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	10	-	60	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA	g	-	-	-	-	-	19.6	-	2	James G. …
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	84.05	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	5.88	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Peromyscus leucopus.
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	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	11	11	-	-	-	35	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	10	10	-	-	-	50	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	8	8	-	-	-	37	-	-	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 Peromyscus leucopus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Peromyscus leucopus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus leucopus	Hallett,J. G., 1982, Habitat selection and the community matrix of a desert small-mammal fauna, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus leucopus	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus leucopus	SÃƒÂnchezÃ¢â‚¬ÂCordero,V. ÃƒÂ., 2008, Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico, Global Ecology and Biogeography	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus leucopus	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
Peromyscus leucopus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus leucopus	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
Peromyscus leucopus	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
Peromyscus leucopus	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
Peromyscus leucopus	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
Peromyscus leucopus	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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