MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Muntiacus crinifrons

Accepted taxon: Muntiacus crinifrons
Taxon:	Muntiacus crinifrons
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Cervidae \| Cervinae \| Muntiacus
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 Muntiacus crinifrons diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 27, CP (Crude Protein) 5, EE (Ether Extract) 2. 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 Muntiacus crinifrons.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	STEM	33.33	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	26.67	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	20.00	Smith,A. …
Poaceae	STEM	13.33	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	6.67	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 Muntiacus crinifrons.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Muntiacus crinifrons.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	20	-	20	-	-	24,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	18,300	-	36,100	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	19,000	-	-	Meiri, S.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	23	-	-	23	-	23,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	23	-	-	23	-	1,039	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	20	-	20	-	-	1,058	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Muntiacus crinifrons.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	4	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	4	4	-	-	-	22	-	-	Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Muntiacus crinifrons.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Muntiacus crinifrons	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Muntiacus crinifrons	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Muntiacus crinifrons	Quibod, M.N.R.M., Gélin, U., van Langevelde, F. and Tomlinson, K.W., 2023. Diet-specific responses of skull traits to aridity gradients in bovids and cervids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.zlad068.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Muntiacus crinifrons	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
Muntiacus crinifrons	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
Muntiacus crinifrons	Meiri, S., Raia, P. and Phillimore, A.B., 2011. Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution on islands. Journal of Biogeography, 38(1), pp.89-100.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Muntiacus crinifrons	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
Muntiacus crinifrons	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

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