MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Galago demidoff

Accepted taxon: Galago demidoff
Taxon:	Galago demidoff
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LORISIFORMES \| Galagidae \| Galago
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 Galago demidoff diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 33, CP (Crude Protein) 37, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Galago demidoff.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	40.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	16.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	8.33	Nowak,R. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	7.50	Grzimek,B…
Lepidoptera	WHOLE	6.67	Nowak,R. …
Coniferophyta	EXUDATES	4.17	Damuth, J…

^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 Galago demidoff.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Insectivore	C. J. Cla…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	C. J. Cla…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	C. J. Cla…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Galago demidoff.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Galago demidoff.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2		-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief		-	4	4	-	-	1	1	1	0	Boyer, Do…
sdm2		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Boyer, Do…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	McNab, B.…
percent of individuals characterized by caries	nan	unitless	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	Selig, K.…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Galago demidoff.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Galagoides demidoff	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galago demidovii	Clark,CJ, 2001, The Role of Arboreal Seed Dispersal Groups on the Seed Rain of a Lowland Tropical Forest1, Biotropica	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Galago demidovii	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Galagoidea demidoff	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galago demidovii	Boyer, Doug M. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.Ã¢â‚¬Â Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002.	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidoff	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidoff	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidoff	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galago demidovii	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.	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidoff	Selig, K.R., López-Torres, S., Burrows, A.M., Silcox, M.T. and Meng, J., 2024. Dental caries in living and extinct strepsirrhines with insights into diet. The Anatomical Record.	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidoff	Selig, K.R., López‐Torres, S., Burrows, A.M., Silcox, M.T. and Meng, J., 2024. Dental caries in living and extinct strepsirrhines with insights into diet. The Anatomical Record.	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Galagoides demidovii	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	50: Synonym	Verified - Accepted

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