MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Petrogale persephone

Accepted taxon: Petrogale persephone
Taxon:	Petrogale persephone
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	DIPROTODONTIA \| MACROPODIFORMES \| Macropodidae \| Macropodinae \| Petrogale
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 Petrogale persephone.
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 Petrogale persephone.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser, Herbivore-Mixed feeder	– Arman, S., Prideaux, G. 2015. Dietary classification of extant kangaroos and their relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Austral Ecology. 40(8), pp.909-922. Available at: 10.1111/aec.12273., C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 2004, 'Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction', Austral Ecology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Arman, S., Prideaux, G. 2015. Dietary classification of extant kangaroos and their relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Austral Ecology. 40(8), pp.909-922. Available at: 10.1111/aec.12273., C. N. Johnson, G. J. Prideaux, 2004, 'Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction', Austral Ecology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 553-557

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Petrogale persephone.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Petrogale persephone.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Petrogale persephone.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Petrogale persephone	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale persephone	Johnson,CN, 2004, Extinctions of herbivorous mammals in the late Pleistocene of Australia in relation to their feeding ecology: No evidence for environmental change as cause of extinction, Austral Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale persephone	Turner,J., 2004, Mammals of Australia,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale persephone	Arman, S.D. and Prideaux, G.J., 2015. Dietary classification of extant kangaroos and their relatives (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Austral ecology, 40(8), pp.909-922.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petrogale persephone	Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E., Wolff, J.O., Khan, M.K., Smith, K., Allen, A.P., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B.A., Eldridge, M.D. and Falster, D., 2022. AnimalTraits-a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data, 9(1), p.265.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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