MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Idiurus macrotis

Accepted taxon: Idiurus macrotis
Taxon:	Idiurus macrotis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| ANOMALUROMORPHA \| Anomaluridae \| Zenkerellinae \| Idiurus
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 Idiurus macrotis.
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 Idiurus macrotis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Stephen M. Jackson, 2000, 'Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals', Mammal Review, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 9-30

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Idiurus macrotis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	7	-	-	-	28.29	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	23	-	40	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	86.6	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	6.88	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Idiurus macrotis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Engelman,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Idiurus macrotis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Idiurus macrotis	Jackson,S. M., 2002, Glide angle in the genus Petaurus and a review of gliding in mammals, Mammal Review	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Idiurus macrotis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Idiurus macrotis	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Idiurus macrotis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Idiurus macrotis	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
Idiurus macrotis	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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