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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Manis temminckii

Accepted taxon: Manis temminckii


Accepted taxon: Manis temminckii
Taxon: Manis temminckii
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: PHOLIDOTA | Manidae | Manis | Smutsia
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 Manis temminckii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 35, CP (Crude Protein) 31, EE (Ether Extract) 26. 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 Manis temminckii.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Termitidae WHOLE 35.56 Damuth, J…
Formicidae WHOLE 21.11 Damuth, J…
Macrotermitinae WHOLE 19.05 Grzimek,B…
Amitermes WHOLE 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Termitidae LARVAE 6.67 Grzimek,B…
Microcerotermes WHOLE 4.76 Grzimek,B…
Formicidae LARVAE 3.33 Grzimek,B…
Nasutitermitinae WHOLE 1.19 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 Manis temminckii.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
No trait values available.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Manis temminckii.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 4,200 - 18,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Manis temminckii.
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 Manis temminckii.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Manis temminckii 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
Manis temminckii Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Manis temminckii Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Smutsia temminckii Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565. 150: Genus synonym, same species epithet Verified - Accepted

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2026. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Manis temminckii , Accessed 17th April 2026 at https://mammalbase.net/me/13781]