MammalBase - 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: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746, Mohammad Abu Baker, Bruce D. Patterson, 2010, 'Patterns in the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas: Areography and species combinations', Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fÃƒÂ¼r SÃƒÂ¤ugetierkunde, vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 510-522
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore	– Douglas A. Kelt, James H. Brown, Edward J. Heske, Pablo A. Marquet, Stephen R. Morton, Julian R. W. Reid, Kontantin A. rogovin, Georgy Shenbrot, 1996, 'Community Structure of Desert Small Mammals: Comparisons Across Four Continents', Ecology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 746, Mohammad Abu Baker, Bruce D. Patterson, 2010, 'Patterns in the local assembly of Egyptian rodent faunas: Areography and species combinations', Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fÃƒÂ¼r SÃƒÂ¤ugetierkunde, vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 510-522

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)	Egypt	g	267	267	-	-	-	56.92	-	-	Mohammad …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	-	4	-	-	53	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	Wadi As Sulai, Riyadh Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	g	6	6	-	-	-	48.5	-	-	Abi-Said,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	-	2	-	50	-	-	Nelson, A…
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 fÃƒÂ¼r SÃƒÂ¤ugetierkunde	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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