Accepted taxon: Tupaia montana
Accepted taxon: Tupaia montana
| Taxon: |
Tupaia montana |
| 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 montana diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 33, CP (Crude Protein) 39, EE (Ether Extract) 13.
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 montana.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
25.00 |
Harrison,… |
| Plantae |
SEED |
16.67 |
Harrison,… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
11.11 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Formicidae |
WHOLE |
9.72 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Coleoptera |
WHOLE |
8.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Plantae |
SHOOT |
8.33 |
Harrison,… |
| Gryllidae |
WHOLE |
6.94 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Araneae |
WHOLE |
5.56 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Chilopoda |
WHOLE |
4.17 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Diplopoda |
WHOLE |
2.78 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
1.39 |
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 montana.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
| Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 |
Terrestrial |
Scansonal,Terrestrial |
Eric J. S… |
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tupaia montana.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
95 |
- |
283 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Tupaia montana.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| 2dm1 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| 3dm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
24 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| m2_relief |
|
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| sdm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| femur diameter |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| humerus diameter |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
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 montana.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Tupaia montana |
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 montana |
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 montana |
Boyer, Doug M. “Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.†Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118–1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Tupaia montana |
Harrison,JL, 1954, The natural food of some rats and other mammals, Bulletin of the Raffles Museum |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Tupaia montana |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Tupaia montana |
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 montana |
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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