MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Accepted taxon: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Taxon:	Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PERISSODACTYLA \| Rhinocerotidae \| Dicerorhinus
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 Dicerorhinus sumatrensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 21, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 59, CP (Crude Protein) 9, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	STEM	29.21	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	28.53	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	15.36	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	6.67	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	5.79	Grzimek,B…
Mangifera	FRUIT	5.56	Nowak,R. …
Ficus	FRUIT	4.44	Nowak,R. …
Bambusa	STEM	3.33	Nowak,R. …
Lilianae	STEM	1.11	Nowak,R. …

^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 Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Granivore, Herbivore-Browser	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006., M. Mendoza, P. Palmqvist, 2008, 'Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?', Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 2, pp. 134-142, Marcus Clauss, Janin Gehrke, Jean-Michel Hatt, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Edmund J. Flach, Robert Hermes, Johanna Castell, W. Juergen Streich, Joerns Fickel, 2005, 'Tannin-binding salivary proteins in three captive rhinoceros species', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 140, no. 1, pp. 67-72
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore, Herbivore	– Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006., M. Mendoza, P. Palmqvist, 2008, 'Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?', Journal of Zoology, vol. 274, no. 2, pp. 134-142, Marcus Clauss, Janin Gehrke, Jean-Michel Hatt, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Edmund J. Flach, Robert Hermes, Johanna Castell, W. Juergen Streich, Joerns Fickel, 2005, 'Tannin-binding salivary proteins in three captive rhinoceros species', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 140, no. 1, pp. 67-72

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	600,000	-	1,266,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	155	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	62	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	141	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	49	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	250	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Clauss,M., 2005, Tannin-binding salivary proteins in three captive rhinoceros species, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	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
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	Abraham, J.O., Upham, N.S., Damian-Serrano, A. and Jesmer, B.R., 2022. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), pp.998-1006.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	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
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	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
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	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
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	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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