Accepted taxon: Manis javanica
Accepted taxon: Manis javanica
| Taxon: |
Manis javanica |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PHOLIDOTA | Manidae | Manis | Paramanis |
| 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 Manis javanica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 29, CP (Crude Protein) 40, EE (Ether Extract) 24.
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 Manis javanica.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Termitidae |
WHOLE |
50.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Formicidae |
WHOLE |
33.33 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Formicidae |
LARVAE |
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 Manis javanica.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981
|
Insectivore
|
Insectivore
|
– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1
|
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Animalivore
|
Animalivore
|
– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1
|
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Manis javanica.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
15 |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
4,900 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
16 |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
3,660 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,000 |
- |
10,000 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
15 |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
524 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| Head-Body Length (HBL) |
nan |
mm |
16 |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
473 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Manis javanica.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
22 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
57 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
| BMR,mlO2/h |
nan |
mlO2/h |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1,106 |
- |
- |
Genoud, M… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Manis javanica.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Manis javanica |
McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Manis javanica |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Manis javanica |
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 |
| Manis javanica |
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 |
| Manis javanica |
Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Manis javanica |
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 |
| Manis javanica |
Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Manis javanica |
Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
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