MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Elephantulus rufescens

Accepted taxon: Elephantulus rufescens
Taxon:	Elephantulus rufescens
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	MACROSCELIDEA \| Macroscelididae \| Elephantulus
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 Elephantulus rufescens diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 32, CP (Crude Protein) 36, EE (Ether Extract) 18. 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 Elephantulus rufescens.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Formicidae	WHOLE	21.90	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	20.00	Damuth, J…
Isoptera	WHOLE	15.00	Damuth, J…
Termitidae	WHOLE	14.29	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	12.14	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	9.52	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	4.76	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	2.38	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 Elephantulus rufescens.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Elephantulus rufescens.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	54.45	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	54.45	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	54.45	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Elephantulus rufescens.
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 Elephantulus rufescens.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Elephantalus rufescens	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Elephantulus rufescens	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
Elephantulus rufescens	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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