Accepted taxon: Pan troglodytes
Accepted taxon: Pan troglodytes
| Taxon: |
Pan troglodytes |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | HAPLORRHINI | SIMIIFORMES | Hominoidea | Hominidae | Pan |
| 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 Pan troglodytes diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 16, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 50, CP (Crude Protein) 20, 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 Pan troglodytes.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
29.17 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
15.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
LEAF |
7.48 |
Damuth, J… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
6.47 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FLOWER |
5.92 |
Damuth, J… |
| Animalia |
WHOLE |
5.83 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
5.62 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
BARK |
4.74 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
BUD |
4.17 |
Damuth, J… |
| Coniferophyta |
EXUDATES |
3.88 |
Damuth, J… |
| Vertebrata |
WHOLE |
2.53 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
STEM |
2.12 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Magnoliopsida |
EXUDATES |
1.63 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Vertebrata |
EGGS |
1.31 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Termitidae |
WHOLE |
0.98 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Artiodactyla |
WHOLE |
0.82 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
0.69 |
Damuth, J… |
| Cercopithecinae |
WHOLE |
0.65 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Primates |
WHOLE |
0.49 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Potamochoerus larvatus |
WHOLE |
0.33 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Pan troglodytes |
WHOLE |
0.16 |
Nowak,R. … |
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 Pan troglodytes.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Terrestrial
|
Terrestrial
|
– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
|
|
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
Frugivore-Granivore
|
– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
|
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Frugivore
|
Frugivore
|
– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
|
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Pan troglodytes.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| brainmass |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
355 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| skull_length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
174 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
182 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
12 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
9,070 |
- |
- |
Genoud, M… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
10 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
9,462 |
- |
- |
Genoud, M… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Pan troglodytes.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Pan troglodytes |
Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Pan troglodytes |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Pan troglodytes |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
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 |
| Pan troglodytes |
Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Pan troglodytes |
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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