MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cephalophus natalensis

Accepted taxon: Cephalophus natalensis
Taxon:	Cephalophus natalensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Bovidae \| Cephalophinae \| Cephalophus
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 Cephalophus natalensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 42, CP (Crude Protein) 33, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 Cephalophus natalensis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	50.00	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	33.33	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	CARRION	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 Cephalophus natalensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore,Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cephalophus natalensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	10,000	-	16,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cephalophus natalensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	4	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	4	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	4	4	-	-	-	17	-	-	Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	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 Cephalophus natalensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cephalophus natalensis	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
Cephalophus natelensis	Gordon,IJ, 1988, Incisor arcade structure and diet selection in ruminants, Functional Ecology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus natalensis	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus natalensis	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
Cephalophus natalensis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus natalensis	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
Cephalophus natalensis	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
Cephalophus natalensis	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
Cephalophus natalensis	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.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus natalensis	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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