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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Peromyscus melanophrys

Accepted taxon: Peromyscus melanophrys


Accepted taxon: Peromyscus melanophrys
Taxon: Peromyscus melanophrys
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 melanophrys diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 82, CP (Crude Protein) 4, EE (Ether Extract) 1. 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 melanophrys.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Yucca brevifolia FRUIT 66.67 Damuth, J…
Cactaceae FRUIT 33.33 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 melanophrys.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore-Omnivore Insectivore-Omnivore Victor SÃ…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Victor SÃ…
Hypsodonty 1 = brachydont 1 = brachydont Carleton,…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Peromyscus melanophrys.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 38 - 59 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Peromyscus melanophrys.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Peromyscus melanophrys.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Peromyscus melanophrys SÁnchez‐Cordero,V. Í., 2008, Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico, Global Ecology and Biogeography 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus melanophrys 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 melanophrys 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 melanophrys 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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