Accepted taxon: Arctocebus calabarensis
Accepted taxon: Arctocebus calabarensis
| Taxon: |
Arctocebus calabarensis |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LORISIFORMES | Lorisidae | Arctocebus |
| 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 Arctocebus calabarensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 27, CP (Crude Protein) 42, EE (Ether Extract) 17.
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 Arctocebus calabarensis.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
44.44 |
Damuth, J… |
| Lepidoptera |
LARVAE |
27.78 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
16.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
11.11 |
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Arctocebus calabarensis.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
150 |
- |
465 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Arctocebus calabarensis.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| 2dm1 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| 3dm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
23 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| m2_relief |
|
- |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Boyer, Do… |
| sdm2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Boyer, Do… |
| Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) |
|
- |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
290 |
- |
- |
Bunn, Jon… |
| orientation patch count rotated (OPCR) |
|
n/a |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
47 |
- |
- |
Bunn, Jon… |
| relief index (RFI) |
|
n/a |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
Bunn, Jon… |
| shearing quotient (SQ) |
|
- |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Bunn, Jon… |
| shearing ratio (SR) |
|
- |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
Bunn, Jon… |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
24 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Arctocebus calabarensis.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Bunn,J. M., 2011, Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination, American Journal of Physical Anthropology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
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 |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
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 |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Bunn, Jonathan M., Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, and Ingrid Daubechies. “Comparing Dirichlet Normal Surface Energy of Tooth Crowns, a New Technique of Molar Shape Quantification for Dietary Inference, with Previous Methods in Isolation and in Combination.†American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 2 (April 5, 2011): 247–261. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21489. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
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 |
| Arctocebus calabarensis |
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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