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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Jaculus jaculus

Accepted taxon: Jaculus jaculus


Accepted taxon: Jaculus jaculus
Taxon: Jaculus jaculus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | MYOMORPHA | Dipodoidea | Dipodidae | Dipodinae | Jaculus
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 Jaculus jaculus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 60, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Jaculus jaculus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 33.33 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 33.33 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SEED 20.00 Grzimek,B…
Poaceae SEED 13.33 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 Jaculus jaculus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Frugivore-Herbivore Frugivore-Herbivore Douglas A…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore,Herbivore Douglas A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Jaculus jaculus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 2 - - 2 - 50 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 4 - 4 - - 53 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) Egypt g 267 267 - - - 56.92 - - Mohammad …
Body Mass (BM) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia g 6 6 - - - 48.5 - - Abi-Said,…
Ear Length (EL) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 19.66 - - Abi-Said,…
Head-Body Length (HBL) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 114.21 - - Abi-Said,…
Hind Foot Length (HFL) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 60.72 - - Abi-Said,…
Tail Length (TL) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 168.16 - - Abi-Said,…
Zygomatic Breath Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 20.61 - - Abi-Said,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Jaculus jaculus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
BB: Brain case breadth Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 23 - - Abi-Said,…
CBL Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 28 - - Abi-Said,…
GtL: Greatest length of skull Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 32 - - Abi-Said,…
HL: Head length Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 34 - - Abi-Said,…
HW: Head width Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 26 - - Abi-Said,…
IC: Interorbital constriction Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 11 - - Abi-Said,…
M: Mandible length (incisor included) Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 19 - - Abi-Said,…
MDC: Mandibular cheekteeth Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 4 - - Abi-Said,…
MXC: Maxillary cheekteeth Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia mm 6 6 - - - 5 - - Abi-Said,…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Jaculus jaculus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Jaculus jaculus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Jaculus jaculus Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Jaculus jaculus Abu Baker,M., 2010, Patterns in the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas: Areography and species combinations, Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Jaculus jaculus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Jaculus jaculus Abi-Said, M.R., Al-Zein, M.S. and Lebanon, B., 2022. Rodents Diversity in Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jordan Journal of Natural History, 9(1), pp.83-88. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Jaculus jaculus 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

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