MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Phyllotis xanthopygus

Accepted taxon: Phyllotis xanthopygus
Taxon:	Phyllotis xanthopygus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Sigmodontinae \| Phyllotis
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Phyllotis xanthopygus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Phyllotis xanthopygus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Cofre, H. and Marquet, P.A., 1999. Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment. Biological Conservation, 88(1), pp.53-68., 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, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Pedro G. Blendinger, Roland Brandl, 2000, 'Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 115-123

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Phyllotis xanthopygus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Argentina	g	3	3	-	-	-	44	-	5	Gabriela …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	43.2	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	18	-	82	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Chile	g	-	-	-	-	-	57.6	-	-	Cofre, H.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	113.9	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	6.91	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Phyllotis xanthopygus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
MI/C ration of inner medulla cortex (mm)	Argentina	mm	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	0	Diaz, Gab…
CT cortex thickness (mm)	Argentina	mm	3	3	-	-	-	2	-	0	Diaz, Gab…
MT medullary thickness (mm)	Argentina	mm	3	3	-	-	-	8	-	0	Diaz, Gab…
RMA relative medullary area (mm)	Argentina	mm	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	0	Diaz, Gab…
RMT relative medullary thickness (mm)	Argentina	mm	3	3	-	-	-	10	-	0	Diaz, Gab…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	12	12	-	-	-	56	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	45	-	-	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 Phyllotis xanthopygus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Phyllotis xanthopygus	Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phyllotis xanthopygus	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phyllotis xanthopygus	Ojeda,R. A., 2001, Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure, Global Ecology and Biogeography	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phyllotis xanthopygus	Diaz, Gabriela B, and Ricardo A Ojeda. 'Kidney Structure and Allometry of Argentine Desert Rodents.' Journal of Arid Environments 41, no. 4 (April 1999): 453-461. doi:10.1006/jare.1998.0472.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Phyllotis xanthopygus	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
Phyllotis xanthopygus	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
Phyllotis xanthopygus	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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