MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tupaia gracilis

Accepted taxon: Tupaia gracilis
Taxon:	Tupaia gracilis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	SCANDENTIA \| Tupaiidae \| Tupaia
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 Tupaia gracilis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 43, CP (Crude Protein) 30, EE (Ether Extract) 14. 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 Tupaia gracilis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	33.33	Grzimek,B…
Lepidoptera	LARVAE	26.67	Grzimek,B…
Gryllidae	WHOLE	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Formicidae	WHOLE	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	6.67	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 Tupaia gracilis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Arboreal,Terrestrial	Eric J. S…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tupaia gracilis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	2	-	-	71.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	60	-	114	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	-	2	-	69	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	-	143.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	-	2	-	134	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tupaia gracilis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	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 Tupaia gracilis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tupaia gracilis	Endo,H., 2003, Morphological adaptation of the skull for various behaviors in the tree shrews, Journal of veterinary medical science	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tupaia gracilis	Sargis,E. J., 2004, New views on tree shrews: the role of tupaiids in primate supraordinal relationships, Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tupaia gracilis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tupaia gracilis	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
Tupaia gracilis	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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