MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Rhagomys rufescens

Accepted taxon: Rhagomys rufescens
Taxon:	Rhagomys rufescens
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Sigmodontinae \| Rhagomys
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 Rhagomys rufescens.
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 Rhagomys rufescens.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Paglia,A.…
Hypsodonty	1 = brachydont	1 = brachydont	Pacheco,V…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal,Scansonal,Terrestrial	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Rhagomys rufescens.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	12	-	35	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Rhagomys rufescens.
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 Rhagomys rufescens.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Rhagomys rufescens	Pacheco,V. R., 2003, Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data, Unpublished Ph.D.diss., City University of New York	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhagomys rufescens	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhagomys rufescens	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhagomys rufescens	Wolff,J. O., 1985, Why are aquatic small mammals so large?, Oikos	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhagomys rufescens	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhagomys rufescens	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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