MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mazama temama

Accepted taxon: Mazama temama
Taxon:	Mazama temama
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Cervidae \| Capreolinae \| Mazama
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Mazama temama.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Mazama temama.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mazama temama.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	25,000	-	-	Lundgren,…
Body Mass (BM)	La Aurora	g	5	-	-	5	-	15,740	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	La Jungla	g	5	-	5	-	-	19,530	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	San Lucas	g	5	-	-	5	-	15,500	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	La Aurora	g	5	-	5	-	-	15,680	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	22,000	-	-	Abraham, …
Body Mass (BM)	San Lucas	g	5	-	5	-	-	14,230	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	La Jungla	g	5	-	-	5	-	17,840	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	San Lucas	mm	5	-	5	-	-	870	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	La Jungla	mm	5	-	-	5	-	945.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	La Aurora	mm	5	-	-	5	-	873.6	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	La Jungla	mm	5	-	5	-	-	954	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	San Lucas	mm	5	-	-	5	-	812.48	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	La Aurora	mm	5	-	5	-	-	884.12	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mazama temama.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Mazama temama.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mazama temama	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mazama temama	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mazama temama	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
Mazama temama	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mazama temama	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.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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