MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cephalophus niger

Accepted taxon: Cephalophus niger
Taxon:	Cephalophus niger
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 niger diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 20, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 niger.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	22.22	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	19.44	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	2.78	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 niger.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore,Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cephalophus niger.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	9,000	-	24,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	18,936	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	30	-	-	30	-	21,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	44	-	44	-	-	24,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	30	-	-	30	-	960	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	44	-	44	-	-	970	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	965.95	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	37.74	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cephalophus niger.
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	-	-	-	9	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	4	4	-	-	-	17	-	-	Quibod, M…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	199	-	-	Engelman,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	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 niger.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cephalophus niger	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus niger	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 niger	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
Cephalophus niger	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
Cephalophus niger	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 niger	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 niger	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 niger	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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