MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dendrolagus matschiei

Accepted taxon: Dendrolagus matschiei
Taxon:	Dendrolagus matschiei
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Macropodidae \| Macropodinae \| Dendrolagus
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 Dendrolagus matschiei.
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 Dendrolagus matschiei.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dendrolagus matschiei.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	7,006.32	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	6,960	-	-	Meiri, S.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	4,160	-	13,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	616.57	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	25.06	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dendrolagus matschiei.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	119	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	McNab, B.…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	1,427	-	-	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 Dendrolagus matschiei.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dendrolagus matschiei	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dendrolagus matschiei	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dendrolagus matschiei	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dendrolagus matschiei	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
Dendrolagus matschiei	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
Dendrolagus matschiei	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
Dendrolagus matschiei	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
Dendrolagus matschiei	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
Dendrolagus matschiei	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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