MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Accepted taxon: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Taxon:	Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Ursidae \| Ailuropoda
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 Ailuropoda melanoleuca diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 24, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 46, CP (Crude Protein) 16, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Bambusa	SHOOT	27.78	Grzimek,B…
Bambusa	LEAF	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Bambusa	ROOT	11.11	Nowak,R. …
Bambusa	STEM	11.11	Grzimek,B…
Phyllostachys	LEAF	7.41	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	6.48	Smith,A. …
Abies X phanerolepis	BARK	5.56	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	4.63	Smith,A. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	3.70	Smith,A. …
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	2.78	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	1.85	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	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 Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-Herbivore,Frugivore-omnivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	John L. G…
Temporal habits	crepuscular	crepuscular	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	1	1	-	-	-	110,500	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	65,000	-	160,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	118,000	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	1,420	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	1	1	-	-	-	60.05	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	3	3	-	-	-	167	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	3	3	-	-	-	213	-	-	Evans, Al…
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	205	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	259	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	77	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	86	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	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 Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. Ã¢â‚¬Å“High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78Ã¢â‚¬â€œ81. doi:10.1038/nature05433.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	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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