MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Papio papio

Accepted taxon: Papio papio
Taxon:	Papio papio
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Papio
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 Papio papio diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, CP (Crude Protein) 14, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Papio papio.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	19.55	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	13.66	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	13.03	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	9.77	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	7.89	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	5.64	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	4.97	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	4.39	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	4.09	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	3.80	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	3.51	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	ROOT	2.92	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	2.67	Damuth, J…
Ascomycota	SHOOT	2.34	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	1.17	Grzimek,B…
Gazella	WHOLE	0.58	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 Papio papio.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	–
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Papio papio.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	15,500.2	-	-	Lundgren,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	4,080	-	26,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Papio papio.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Papio papio.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Papio papio	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio papio	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas (sphinx)	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym
Papio papio	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
Papio papio	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio papio	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
Papio papio	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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