Accepted taxon: Lepilemur ruficaudatus
Accepted taxon: Lepilemur ruficaudatus
| Taxon: |
Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LEMURIFORMES | Lemuroidea | Lepilemuridae | Lepilemur |
| 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 Lepilemur ruficaudatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 64, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 3.
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 Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
LEAF |
40.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
26.67 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Diospyros |
FRUIT |
20.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Animalia |
FECES |
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 Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Arboreal
|
Arboreal
|
– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430
|
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
500 |
- |
950 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| 2dm1 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| 3dm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
28 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| m2_relief |
|
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| sdm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
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 Lepilemur ruficaudatus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
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 |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
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 |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
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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