MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Funisciurus lemniscatus

Accepted taxon: Funisciurus lemniscatus
Taxon:	Funisciurus lemniscatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Protoxerini \| Funisciurus
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 Funisciurus lemniscatus.
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 Funisciurus lemniscatus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620, Virginia Hayssen, 2008, 'Patterns of Body and Tail Length and Body Mass in Sciuridae', Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 852-873
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– C. J. Clark, J. R. Poulsen, V. T. Parker, 2001, 'The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1', Biotropica, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 606-620

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Funisciurus lemniscatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Central Africa	g	-	-	-	-	100	125	150	-	Amori,G.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	95	-	154	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Funisciurus lemniscatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	90	-	-	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 Funisciurus lemniscatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Funisciurus lemniscatus	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus lemniscatus	Amori,G., 2002, Rodents and the bushmeat harvest in Central Africa, Links between biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and food security: the sustainable use of wild meat.Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus lemniscatus	Clark,CJ, 2001, The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1, Biotropica	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Funisciurus lemniscatus	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
Funisciurus lemniscatus	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
Funisciurus lemniscatus	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
Funisciurus lemniscatus	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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