MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Pedetes capensis

Accepted taxon: Pedetes capensis
Taxon:	Pedetes capensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| ANOMALUROMORPHA \| Pedetidae \| Pedetes
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 Pedetes capensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 13, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 61, CP (Crude Protein) 15, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Pedetes capensis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	10.71	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	10.71	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	ROOT	9.03	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	8.35	Damuth, J…
Zea mays	SEED	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Hordeum vulgare	SEED	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	SEED	5.79	Grzimek,B…
Triticum	SEED	5.00	Grzimek,B…
Elymus repens	STEM	5.00	Grzimek,B…
Elymus repens	ROOT	4.44	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	3.79	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.57	Damuth, J…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	3.45	Grzimek,B…
Arachis	SEED	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	ROOT	3.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	2.68	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	2.34	Damuth, J…
Lilianae	STEM	1.79	Damuth, J…
Avena sativa	SEED	1.67	Grzimek,B…

^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 Pedetes capensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	JOSHUA X.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Joshua X.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Pedetes capensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	2,465.3	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	2,000	-	4,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	381	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	-	18.52	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Pedetes capensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	88	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	17	17	-	-	-	1,201	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	793	-	-	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 Pedetes capensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Pedetes capensis	SAMUELS,J. X., 2009, Cranial morphology and dietary habits of rodents, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	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
Pedetes capensis	Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	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
Pedetes capensis	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
Pedetes capensis	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Pedetes capensis	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
Pedetes capensis	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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