MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Tarsomys apoensis

Accepted taxon: Tarsomys apoensis
Taxon:	Tarsomys apoensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Muridae \| Murinae \| Tarsomys
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 Tarsomys apoensis.
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 Tarsomys apoensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Tarsomys apoensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	65	-	72	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	58	73.6	91	11	Rickart, …

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Tarsomys apoensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Breadth maxillary root zygomatic arch (BMR)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	2	2	2	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of braincase (BBC)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	16	16	17	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of incisor tips (BIT)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	2	2	2	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of M1 (BM1)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	2	2	2	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of mesopterygoid fossa (BMF)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	3	3	3	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of rostrum (BR)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	6	6	7	0	Rickart, …
Breadth of zygomatic plate (BZP)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	4	4	4	0	Rickart, …
Depth of rostrum (DR)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	7	7	7	0	Rickart, …
Height of braincase (HBC)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	11	11	0	Rickart, …
Height of mandible (HM)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	10	10	10	3	Rickart, …
Interorobital breadth (IB)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	0	Rickart, …
Length of auditory bulla (LB)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	5	5	6	0	Rickart, …
Length of bony palate (LBP)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	7	7	8	0	Rickart, …
Length of diastema (LD)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	10	10	10	0	Rickart, …
Length of ear (LE)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	20	22	23	1	Rickart, …
Length of guard hairs (LGH)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	20	25	35	-	Rickart, …
Length of head and body (LHB)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	130	137	149	7	Rickart, …
Length of hindfoot (LHF)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	29	32	34	2	Rickart, …
Length of incisive foramen (LIF)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	7	7	7	0	Rickart, …
Length of mandible (LM)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	20	21	22	1	Rickart, …
Length of maxillary molar row (LM1–3)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	1	Rickart, …
Length of nasal (LN)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	14	15	15	0	Rickart, …
Length of overfur (LOF)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	15	16	18	-	Rickart, …
Length of rostrum (LR)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	12	13	13	0	Rickart, …
Length of tail vertebrae (TV)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	114	121	132	6	Rickart, …
Number of tail scale rings per cm (TSR)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	13	15	16	-	Rickart, …
Occipito-nasal length (ONL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	37	37	38	1	Rickart, …
Palatal breadth at M1 (PBM1)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	4	4	5	0	Rickart, …
Palatal breadth at M3 (PBM3)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	0	Rickart, …
Palatal length (PL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	20	21	21	0	Rickart, …
Postpalatal length (PPL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	11	12	12	1	Rickart, …
Zygomatic breadth (ZB)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	18	18	19	0	Rickart, …

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Tarsomys apoensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Tarsomys apoensis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tarsomys apoensis	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
Tarsomys apoensis	Rickart, E.A., Rowsey, D.M., Ibañez, J.C., Quidlat, R.S., Balete, D.S. and Heaney, L.R., 2024. A new species of the endemic Tarsomys clade (Muridae, Rodentia) from eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, p.gyae051.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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