MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Trachypithecus cristatus

Accepted taxon: Trachypithecus cristatus
Taxon:	Trachypithecus cristatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Colobinae \| Trachypithecus \| Trachypithecus
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 Trachypithecus cristatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 56, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Trachypithecus cristatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	50.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	33.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	16.67	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 Trachypithecus cristatus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	Katharine…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Katharine…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Trachypithecus cristatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	11	11	-	-	-	6,435.45	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	3,000	-	8,870	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	-	529.7	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	-	26.63	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Trachypithecus cristatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	55	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	94	-	-	Engelman,…
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	10	10	-	-	164	177	189	7	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	10	10	-	-	131	140	150	6	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	10	10	-	-	126	134	140	4	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	10	10	-	-	145	159	166	7	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 Trachypithecus cristatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Trachypithecus cristatus	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Presbytis cristatus	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Trachypithecus cristatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trachypithecus cristatus	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Trachypithecus cristata	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Trachypithecus cristatus	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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