MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Moschus berezovskii

Accepted taxon: Moschus berezovskii
Taxon:	Moschus berezovskii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Moschidae \| Moschus
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 Moschus berezovskii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 23, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 15, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Moschus berezovskii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	28.57	Smith,A. …
Poaceae	STEM	23.81	Smith,A. …
Bryophyta	SHOOT	19.05	Smith,A. …
Ascomycota	SHOOT	14.29	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	9.52	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	STEM	4.76	Smith,A. …

^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 Moschus berezovskii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	– ZHANG, L.B., XU, H.F., XUE, W.J., JIANG, H.R. and MENG, X.X., 2008. Winter and Spring Diet Composition of Musk Deer in Feng County, Shaanxi Province [J]. Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 1.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– ZHANG, L.B., XU, H.F., XUE, W.J., JIANG, H.R. and MENG, X.X., 2008. Winter and Spring Diet Composition of Musk Deer in Feng County, Shaanxi Province [J]. Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 1.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Moschus berezovskii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	10,500	-	-	Meiri, S.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	10,900	-	12,477	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	40	-	40	-	-	7,720	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	10,240	-	-	Wimberly,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	40	-	40	-	-	783.67	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Moschus berezovskii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
A1-MLL (maximum lateral length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	21	21	22	1	Wimberly,…
A2-MML (maximum medial length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	20	21	21	1	Wimberly,…
A3-MIN (minimal length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	17	18	19	1	Wimberly,…
A4-WAT (width at tarsus of the astragalus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	13	14	14	1	Wimberly,…
A5-WAF (width at trochlea of the astragalus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	12	12	0	Wimberly,…
C1-UL (greatest length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	45	45	46	1	Wimberly,…
C2-TL (length of body of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	28	29	30	1	Wimberly,…
C3-MBH (midbody height of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	12	12	0	Wimberly,…
C4-MBTV (midbody transverse width of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	5	6	6	0	Wimberly,…
C5-FFL (fibular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	8	8	8	0	Wimberly,…
C6-CNFL (cubonavicular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	11	12	1	Wimberly,…
C7-HSF (height of sustentacular facet of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	8	9	9	0	Wimberly,…
C8-HST (height of sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	12	12	13	0	Wimberly,…
F1-UL (full length of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	143	148	151	4	Wimberly,…
F2-FL (functional length of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	140	145	150	4	Wimberly,…
F3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	36	39	40	2	Wimberly,…
F4-PW (proximal width of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	29	30	30	0	Wimberly,…
F5-MLHW (mediolateral femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	16	16	17	0	Wimberly,…
F6-APHW (anteroposterior femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	14	14	15	1	Wimberly,…
F7-DW (distal width of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	26	28	29	1	Wimberly,…
F8-MPL (medial condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	28	31	33	2	Wimberly,…
F9-LPL (lateral condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	29	30	31	1	Wimberly,…
H1-UL (full length of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	131	134	138	3	Wimberly,…
H2-FL (functional length of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	123	126	129	3	Wimberly,…
H3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	35	36	39	2	Wimberly,…
H4-MTH (largest medial height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	13	14	14	0	Wimberly,…
H5-MidTH (smallest height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	10	10	11	0	Wimberly,…
H6-LTH (largest lateral height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	12	12	1	Wimberly,…
H7-PW (proximal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	19	20	21	1	Wimberly,…
H8-MLH (mediolateral humeral head width of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	18	19	19	1	Wimberly,…
H9-DW (distal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	25	26	27	1	Wimberly,…
MC1-UL (length of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	80	85	87	3	Wimberly,…
MC2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	7	8	8	0	Wimberly,…
MC3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	9	9	10	1	Wimberly,…
MC4-DW (distal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	15	16	17	1	Wimberly,…
MC5-PW (proximal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	15	17	18	1	Wimberly,…
MT1-UL (length of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	109	113	118	3	Wimberly,…
MT2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	8	9	9	0	Wimberly,…
MT3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	9	10	10	0	Wimberly,…
MT4-DW (distal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	18	19	20	1	Wimberly,…
MT5-PW (proximal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	13	14	15	1	Wimberly,…
R1-UL (length of the radius)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	104	108	110	2	Wimberly,…
R2-PW (full proximal width of the radius)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	17	18	19	1	Wimberly,…
R3-NPW (width of humeral articular surface of the radius)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	16	17	18	1	Wimberly,…
R4-DW (distal width of the radius)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	18	18	19	0	Wimberly,…
S1-L (full length of the scapula)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	92	96	100	3	Wimberly,…
S2-GW (greatest cranio-caudal length of the scapula)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	65	66	70	2	Wimberly,…
S3-SW (shortest length of scapular neck of the scapula)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	12	12	0	Wimberly,…
S4-GH (anteroposterior glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	14	15	16	1	Wimberly,…
S5-GW (mediolateral glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	13	14	15	1	Wimberly,…
T1-L (full length of the tibia)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	175	180	184	3	Wimberly,…
T2-MCF (midshaft circumference of the tibia)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	35	37	41	2	Wimberly,…
T3-PW (proximal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	28	30	32	1	Wimberly,…
T4-DW (distal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	19	20	21	1	Wimberly,…
U1-UL (length of the ulna)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	132	135	138	2	Wimberly,…
U2-OPL (olecranon process length of the ulna)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	22	22	23	0	Wimberly,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Moschus berezovskii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Moschus berezovskii	Lu-bing,Z., 2008, Winter and Spring Diet Composition of Musk Deer in Feng County, Shaanxi Province, Sichuan Journal of Zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Moschus berezovskii	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Moschus berezovskii	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Moschus berezovskii	Wimberly, A.N., 2023. Predicting body mass in Ruminantia using postcranial measurements. Journal of Morphology, 284(10), p.e21636.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Moschus berezovskii	Meiri, S., Raia, P. and Phillimore, A.B., 2011. Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution on islands. Journal of Biogeography, 38(1), pp.89-100.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Moschus berezovskii	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
Moschus berezovskii	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
Moschus berezovskii	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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