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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dorcatragus megalotis

Accepted taxon: Dorcatragus megalotis


Accepted taxon: Dorcatragus megalotis
Taxon: Dorcatragus megalotis
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: ARTIODACTYLA | Bovidae | Antilopinae | Dorcatragus
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 Dorcatragus megalotis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 14, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Dorcatragus megalotis.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida LEAF 41.67 Grzimek,B…
Poaceae STEM 41.67 Grzimek,B…
Mimosa LEAF 16.67 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 Dorcatragus megalotis.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Browser Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Mixed feeder Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dorcatragus megalotis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 9,000 - 11,500 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Dorcatragus megalotis.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa cm 2 2 - - - 7 - - Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width cm 2 2 - - - 1 - - Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull cm 2 2 - - - 16 - - Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional) nan unitless - - - - - 0 - - Abraham, …
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 9 - - 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 Dorcatragus megalotis.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Dorcatragus megalotis 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
Dorcatragus megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dorcatragus megalotis Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dorcatragus megalotis Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Dorcatragus megalotis 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
Dorcatragus megalotis 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
Dorcatragus megalotis 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
Dorcatragus megalotis 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
Dorcatragus megalotis 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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