MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Gazella leptoceros

Accepted taxon: Gazella leptoceros
Taxon:	Gazella leptoceros
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Bovidae \| Antilopinae \| Gazella
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 Gazella leptoceros diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 13, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Gazella leptoceros.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	40.00	Grzimek,B…
Cactaceae	SHOOT	30.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	10.00	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 Gazella leptoceros.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Gazella leptoceros.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Egypt	g	1	1	-	-	-	15,000	-	-	Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	20,000	-	27,000	-	Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	11,500	-	48,500	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Algeria	g	1	-	-	1	-	15,000	-	-	Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	14,000	-	18,000	-	Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM)	Egypt	g	-	-	-	-	16,500	-	17,500	-	Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM)	Tunisia	g	1	-	1	-	-	12,500	-	-	Huffman, …
Ear Length (EL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	130	-	150	-	Huffman, …
Head-Body Length (HBL)	Egypt	mm	4	-	-	4	885	937	999	-	Huffman, …
Head-Body Length (HBL)	Egypt	mm	1	-	1	-	-	955	-	-	Huffman, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL)	Egypt	mm	5	5	-	-	300	316	335	-	Huffman, …
Tail Length (TL)	Egypt	mm	1	-	1	-	-	125	-	-	Huffman, …
Tail Length (TL)	Egypt	mm	4	-	-	4	155	162	166	-	Huffman, …

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Gazella leptoceros.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	5	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	5	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	5	5	-	-	-	17	-	-	Quibod, M…
Horn basal circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	89	-	114	-	Huffman, …
Horn length	Algeria/Tunisia	mm	6	-	-	6	-	298	-	16	Huffman, …
Horn length	Egypt	mm	6	-	-	6	-	337	-	28	Huffman, …
Horn length	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	-	273	-	-	Huffman, …
Horn length	Egypt	mm	-	-	-	-	360	-	395	-	Huffman, …
Horn length	Egypt	mm	-	-	-	-	294	327	366	-	Huffman, …
Horn length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	248	248	267	19	Huffman, …
Shoulder height	Egypt	mm	4	-	-	4	696	718	752	-	Huffman, …
Shoulder height	Egypt	mm	1	-	1	-	-	697	-	-	Huffman, …
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Abraham, …

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Gazella leptoceros.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Gazella leptoceros	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros	Quibod, M.N.R.M., Gélin, U., van Langevelde, F. and Tomlinson, K.W., 2023. Diet-specific responses of skull traits to aridity gradients in bovids and cervids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.zlad068.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros	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
Gazella leptoceros	Huffman, B.A. and Leslie Jr, D.M., 2023. Gazella leptoceros (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Mammalian Species, 55(1032), p.sead007.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros	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
Gazella leptoceros	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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