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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cephalophus nigrifrons

Accepted taxon: Cephalophus nigrifrons


Accepted taxon: Cephalophus nigrifrons
Taxon: Cephalophus nigrifrons
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 nigrifrons diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 16, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 nigrifrons.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 40.48 Damuth, J…
Cactaceae SHOOT 16.67 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 14.29 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 11.90 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SEED 9.52 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida BUD 4.76 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida BARK 2.38 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 nigrifrons.
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 nigrifrons.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 13,000 - 18,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Cephalophus nigrifrons.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa cm 3 3 - - - 7 - - Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width cm 3 3 - - - 2 - - Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull cm 3 3 - - - 19 - - Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional) nan unitless - - - - - 0 - - Abraham, …
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 13 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 11 - - 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 nigrifrons.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Cephalophus nigrifrons 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
Cephalophus nigrifrons Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Cephalophus nigrifrons 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 nigrifrons 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 nigrifrons 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 nigrifrons 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 nigrifrons 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 nigrifrons 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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