MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lemmiscus curtatus

Accepted taxon: Lemmiscus curtatus
Taxon:	Lemmiscus curtatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| MYOMORPHA \| Muroidea \| Cricetidae \| Arvicolinae \| Lemmiscus
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 Lemmiscus curtatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 20, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 53, 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 Lemmiscus curtatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	50.00	Damuth, J…
Artemisia	SHOOT	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	8.33	Nowak,R. …

^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 Lemmiscus curtatus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, 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
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, 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
Temporal habits	nocturnal and crepuscular	diurnal, nocturnal and crepuscular	– Nowak, R.M., 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. 5th edJohns Hopkins Univ Press. Baltimore and London.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lemmiscus curtatus.
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 Lemmiscus curtatus.
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 Lemmiscus curtatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lagurus curtatus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lagurus curtatus	Kelt,D. A., 1996, Community structure of desert small mammals: comparisons across four continents, Ecology	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lemmiscus curtatus	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
Lagurus curtatus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lemmiscus curtatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemmiscus curtatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemmiscus curtatus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lagurus curtatus	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted

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