MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petauroides volans

Accepted taxon: Petauroides volans
Taxon:	Petauroides volans
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| PHALANGERIFORMES \| Petauroidea \| Pseudocheiridae \| Hemibelideinae \| Petauroides
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 Petauroides volans diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Petauroides volans.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	55.56	Damuth, J…
Eucalyptus	LEAF	33.33	Hume,ID, …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	11.11	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 Petauroides volans.
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, Weisbecker, V., Beck, R., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M., Mardon, K., Phillips, M. 2023. Multiple modes of inference reveal less phylogenetic signal in marsupial basicranial shape compared with the rest of the cranium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378(1880), pp.None. Available at: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0085.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	–
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petauroides volans.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	1,310	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	1,160	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	900	-	1,700	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	-	6	-	1,420	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	-	1	-	-	1,240	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	2	-	-	1,370	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	-	6	-	374.2	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	1	-	1	-	-	300	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	-	377.5	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	-	5	-	351	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	405	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	12.14	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petauroides volans.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	McNab, B.…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Nelson, A…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Petauroides volans.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petauroides volans	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	Hume,ID, 2005, Nutrition of marsupials in captivity, International Zoo Yearbook	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	Weisbecker, V., Beck, R.M., Guillerme, T., Harrington, A.R., Lange-Hodgson, L., Lee, M.S., Mardon, K. and Phillips, M.J., 2023. Multiple modes of inference reveal less phylogenetic signal in marsupial basicranial shape compared with the rest of the cranium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1880), p.20220085.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	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
Petauroides volans	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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