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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Crocuta crocuta

Accepted taxon: Crocuta crocuta


Accepted taxon: Crocuta crocuta
Taxon: Crocuta crocuta
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | FELIFORMIA | Hyaenidae | Crocuta
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 Crocuta crocuta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 5, CP (Crude Protein) 67, 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 Crocuta crocuta.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Mammalia WHOLE 20.83 Damuth, J…
Artiodactyla WHOLE 15.83 Damuth, J…
Equus WHOLE 11.67 Grzimek,B…
Connochaetes WHOLE 10.00 Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata CARRION 8.33 Damuth, J…
Bovidae WHOLE 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Aves WHOLE 6.67 Grzimek,B…
Bovinae WHOLE 5.00 Grzimek,B…
Osteichthyes WHOLE 5.00 Grzimek,B…
Reptilia WHOLE 3.33 Grzimek,B…
Rhinocerotidae WHOLE 3.33 Grzimek,B…
Homo sapiens WHOLE 1.67 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 Crocuta crocuta.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits nocturnal nocturnal John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Crocuta crocuta.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 5 - - 5 - 47,400 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g 9 - 9 - - 51,800 - - Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 40,000 - 90,000 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 63,370 - - Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 9 - 9 - - 1,268 - - Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 5 - - 5 - 1,236 - - Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Crocuta crocuta.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a 1 1 - - - 9 - - Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a 2 2 - - - 13 - - Evans, Al…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 69 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 22 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 73 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 21 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 215 - - 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 Crocuta crocuta.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Crocuta crocuta Sponheimer,M., 2001, The oxygen isotope composition of mammalian enamel carbonate from Morea Estate, South Africa, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta 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
Crocuta crocuta Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. “High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.” Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature05433. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Crocuta crocuta 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
Crocuta crocuta 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
Crocuta crocuta 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
Crocuta crocuta 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
Crocuta crocuta 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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