MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Nandinia binotata

Accepted taxon: Nandinia binotata
Taxon:	Nandinia binotata
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Nandiniidae \| Nandinia
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 Nandinia binotata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 36, CP (Crude Protein) 35, EE (Ether Extract) 15. 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 Nandinia binotata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	40.38	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	15.14	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	13.33	Ray,J., 2…
Aves	WHOLE	8.76	Damuth, J…
Mammalia	WHOLE	6.67	Ray,J., 2…
Insecta	WHOLE	4.86	Damuth, J…
Aves	EGGS	4.00	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	2.67	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	EGGS	1.90	Damuth, J…
Lepidoptera	LARVAE	1.33	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.95	Damuth, J…

^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 Nandinia binotata.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, 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.
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal, Scansonal	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Ray, J. and Sunquist, M., 2001. Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores. Oecologia, 127(3), pp.395-408.
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	– Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Ray, J. and Sunquist, M., 2001. Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores. Oecologia, 127(3), pp.395-408.
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore, Frugivore-Herbivore, Frugivore-omnivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, 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 Nandinia binotata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	-	2,101.63	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,360	-	5,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	2,167	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	463.4	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	20.01	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Nandinia binotata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	96	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	863	-	-	Genoud, M…
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 Nandinia binotata.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Nandinia binotata	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Djagoun,S., 2009, Small carnivorans from southern Benin: a preliminary assessment of diversity and hunting pressure, Small Carnivore Conservation	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	Ray,J., 2001, Trophic relations in a community of African rainforest carnivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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
Nandinia binotata	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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