MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Callithrix pygmaea

Accepted taxon: Callithrix pygmaea
Taxon:	Callithrix pygmaea
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cebidae \| Callitrichinae \| Callithrix \| Cebuella
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 Callithrix pygmaea diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 22, EE (Ether Extract) 7. 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 Callithrix pygmaea.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	32.50	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	20.00	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	16.67	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	12.50	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	10.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	8.33	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 Callithrix pygmaea.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Insectivore-Omnivore	John G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John G. R…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Callithrix pygmaea.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	100	130	160	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	70	-	158	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Callithrix pygmaea.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	6	6	-	-	-	98	-	-	Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	78	-	-	Genoud, M…
Femur maximum length (FML) The distance from the most superior point on the femoral head to the most inferior aspect of the medial condyle.	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	37	38	39	1	Powell, V…
Femur maximum length (FML) The distance from the most superior point on the femoral head to the most inferior aspect of the medial condyle.	nan	mm	1	-	1	-	-	40	-	-	Powell, V…
Humerus maximum length (HML) The distance from the most superior point of the humeral head to the most distal point of the medial projection of the trochlea.	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	33	34	34	0	Powell, V…
Humerus maximum length (HML) The distance from the most superior point of the humeral head to the most distal point of the medial projection of the trochlea.	nan	mm	1	-	1	-	-	35	-	-	Powell, V…
Radius maximum length (RML) The distance between the most superior point on the radial head to the most distal point of the styloid process.	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	29	31	31	1	Powell, V…
Radius maximum length (RML) The distance between the most superior point on the radial head to the most distal point of the styloid process.	nan	mm	1	-	1	-	-	31	-	-	Powell, V…
Tibia maximum length (TML) The distance from most superior point of the intercondylar eminence to the most distal aspect of the medial malleolus.	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	37	39	41	1	Powell, V…
Tibia maximum length (TML) The distance from most superior point of the intercondylar eminence to the most distal aspect of the medial malleolus.	nan	mm	1	-	1	-	-	41	-	-	Powell, V…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Callithrix pygmaea.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cebuella pygmaea	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Callithrix pygmaea	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
Cebuella pygmaea	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Callithrix pygmaea	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).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	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.	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Callithrix pygmaea	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cebuella pygmaea	Powell, V.C., Barr, W.A., Hammond, A.S. and Wood, B.A., 2024. Behavioral and phylogenetic correlates of limb length proportions in extant apes and monkeys: Implications for interpreting hominin fossils. Journal of Human Evolution, 190, p.103494.	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Callithrix pygmaea	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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