MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Taurotragus oryx

Accepted taxon: Taurotragus oryx
Taxon:	Taurotragus oryx
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Bovidae \| Bovinae \| Taurotragus
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 Taurotragus oryx diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 29, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 48, CP (Crude Protein) 11, 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 Taurotragus oryx.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	50.00	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	50.00	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 Taurotragus oryx.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Grazer,Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Taurotragus oryx.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	494,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	125,000	-	1,000,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	-	6	-	501,410	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	5	-	-	344,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	6	-	-	300,440	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	-	6	-	2,412	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	5	-	-	2,270	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	6	-	-	2,118	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	-	5	-	2,510	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Taurotragus oryx.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	10	10	-	-	-	19	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	10	10	-	-	-	45	-	-	Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	723	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	116	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	117	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	555	-	-	Nelson, A…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Taurotragus oryx.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Taurotragus oryx	Clauss,M., 2010, Convergence in the macroscopic anatomy of the reticulum in wild ruminant species of different feeding types and a new resulting hypothesis on reticular function, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	Gordon,IJ, 1988, Incisor arcade structure and diet selection in ruminants, Functional Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	Clauss,M., 2002, Faecal particle size distribution in captive wild ruminants: an approach to the browser/grazer dichotomy from the other end, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Tragelaphus oryx	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	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
Tragelaphus oryx	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Tragelaphus oryx	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Tragelaphus oryx	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	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
Tragelaphus oryx	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Taurotragus oryx	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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