Accepted taxon: Cheirogaleus major
Accepted taxon: Cheirogaleus major
| Taxon: |
Cheirogaleus major |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LEMURIFORMES | Cheirogaleoidea | Cheirogaleidae | Cheirogaleus |
| 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 Cheirogaleus major diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 22, EE (Ether Extract) 9.
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 Cheirogaleus major.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
50.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
33.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
EXUDATES |
16.67 |
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 Cheirogaleus major.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
| Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 |
Arboreal |
Arboreal |
Christoph… |
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cheirogaleus major.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Talatakely, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar |
g |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
356 |
- |
- |
Tan,C. L.… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
177 |
- |
890 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Cheirogaleus major.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| 2dm1 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| 3dm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| m2_relief |
|
- |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Boyer, Do… |
| sdm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Cheirogaleus major.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Cheirogaleus major |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Cheirogaleus major |
Tan,C. L., 1999, Group composition, home range size, and diet of three sympatric bamboo lemur species (genus Hapalemur) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, International Journal of Primatology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Cheirogaleus major |
Boyer, Doug M. “Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.†Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118–1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Cheirogaleus major |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Cheirogaleus major |
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 |
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