MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Neofelis nebulosa

Accepted taxon: Neofelis nebulosa
Taxon:	Neofelis nebulosa
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Pantherinae \| Neofelis
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 Neofelis nebulosa diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 61, EE (Ether Extract) 25. 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 Neofelis nebulosa.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Aves	WHOLE	18.78	Grzimek,B…
Primates	WHOLE	14.42	Grzimek,B…
Sus scrofa	WHOLE	13.62	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	9.13	Grzimek,B…
Paradoxurus	WHOLE	7.41	Smith,A. …
Hystricognathi	WHOLE	5.69	Grzimek,B…
Phasianus	WHOLE	5.56	Smith,A. …
Cervus	WHOLE	5.03	Grzimek,B…
Macaca	WHOLE	4.63	Smith,A. …
Bos	WHOLE	4.63	Nowak,R. …
Bovinae	WHOLE	3.70	Nowak,R. …
Hylobates	WHOLE	3.70	Smith,A. …
Capra hircus	WHOLE	2.78	Nowak,R. …
Gallus gallus	WHOLE	0.93	Smith,A. …

^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 Neofelis nebulosa.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Neofelis nebulosa.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	14,945	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	7	-	-	-	16,619.71	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	9,450	-	65,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	955	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	33.01	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Neofelis nebulosa.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	69	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	149	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	39	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Neofelis nebulosa.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Neofelis nebulosa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	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
Neofelis nebulosa	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
Neofelis nebulosa	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
Neofelis nebulosa	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Neofelis nebulosa	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
Neofelis nebulosa	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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