MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Galidia elegans

Accepted taxon: Galidia elegans
Taxon:	Galidia elegans
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Eupleridae \| Galidiinae \| Galidia
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 Galidia elegans diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 12, CP (Crude Protein) 56, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 Galidia elegans.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	22.22	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	19.44	Grzimek,B…
Anura	WHOLE	15.28	Grzimek,B…
Reptilia	WHOLE	9.72	Grzimek,B…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	8.33	Nowak,R. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	6.94	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	5.56	Nowak,R. …
Insecta	WHOLE	2.78	Grzimek,B…
Diplopoda	WHOLE	1.39	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 Galidia elegans.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Carnivore,Frugivore-omnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	John L. G…
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Galidia elegans.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	700	-	1,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	-	-	4	-	846.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	810	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	-	366.8	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Galidia elegans.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	46	-	-	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 Galidia elegans.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Galidia elegans	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Galidia elegans	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Galidia elegans	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Galidia elegans	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Galidia elegans	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Galidia elegans	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
Galidia elegans	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
Galidia elegans	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

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