MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Uncia uncia

Accepted taxon: Uncia uncia
Taxon:	Uncia uncia
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Pantherinae \| Uncia
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 Uncia uncia diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 10, CP (Crude Protein) 61, EE (Ether Extract) 16. 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 Uncia uncia.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	18.35	Grzimek,B…
Pseudois nayaur	WHOLE	13.78	Grzimek,B…
Tamarix chinensis	STEM	10.67	Smith,A. …
Capra ibex	WHOLE	8.89	Grzimek,B…
Marmota	WHOLE	5.90	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	5.33	Smith,A. …
Cervus	WHOLE	5.08	Grzimek,B…
Ovis	WHOLE	4.57	Smith,A. …
Ovis aries	WHOLE	4.32	Grzimek,B…
Ochotona	WHOLE	4.19	Nowak,R. …
Oreamnos americanus	WHOLE	4.00	Nowak,R. …
Capra	WHOLE	3.81	Smith,A. …
Lepus	WHOLE	3.62	Grzimek,B…
Capra hircus	WHOLE	2.67	Grzimek,B…
Sus scrofa	WHOLE	2.29	Nowak,R. …
Bos grunniens	WHOLE	1.33	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	0.76	Smith,A. …
Equus caballus	WHOLE	0.44	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 Uncia uncia.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	Juhn, M.,…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Juhn, M.,…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Uncia uncia.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	3	-	-	-	34,857.73	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	22,000	-	75,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	32,500	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	1,398	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	3	3	-	-	-	40.57	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Uncia uncia.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	102	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	169	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	59	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	58	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	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 Uncia uncia.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Panthera uncia	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Panthera uncia	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Uncia uncia	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera uncia	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Panthera uncia	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Panthera uncia	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Uncia uncia	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
Panthera uncia	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Uncia uncia	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
Panthera uncia	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted

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