MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tupaia tana

Accepted taxon: Tupaia tana
Taxon:	Tupaia tana
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 tana diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 29, CP (Crude Protein) 43, EE (Ether Extract) 15. 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 tana.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	18.18	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	16.36	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	14.55	Grzimek,B…
Formicidae	WHOLE	12.73	Grzimek,B…
Araneae	WHOLE	10.91	Grzimek,B…
Blattaria	WHOLE	9.09	Grzimek,B…
Gryllidae	WHOLE	7.27	Grzimek,B…
Chilopoda	WHOLE	5.45	Grzimek,B…
Diplopoda	WHOLE	3.64	Grzimek,B…
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	1.82	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 tana.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Eric J. S…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tupaia tana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	158	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	154	-	797	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	174	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	-	5	-	190.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	3	-	-	189.1	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tupaia tana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
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 Tupaia tana.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tupaia tana	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 tana	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 tana	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tupaia tana	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 tana	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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