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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Gazella leptoceros

Accepted taxon: Gazella leptoceros


Accepted taxon: Gazella leptoceros
Taxon: Gazella leptoceros
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: ARTIODACTYLA | Bovidae | Antilopinae | Gazella
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 Gazella leptoceros diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 13, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 13, 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 Gazella leptoceros.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Poaceae STEM 40.00 Grzimek,B…
Cactaceae SHOOT 30.00 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 20.00 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 10.00 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 Gazella leptoceros.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Mixed feeder Herbivore-Mixed feeder Abraham, …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Abraham, …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Gazella leptoceros.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) Tunisia g 1 - 1 - - 12,500 - - Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM) Egypt g 1 1 - - - 15,000 - - Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 11,500 - 48,500 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 20,000 - 27,000 - Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM) Algeria g 1 - - 1 - 15,000 - - Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 14,000 - 18,000 - Huffman, …
Body Mass (BM) Egypt g - - - - 16,500 - 17,500 - Huffman, …
Ear Length (EL) nan mm - - - - 130 - 150 - Huffman, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) Egypt mm 4 - - 4 885 937 999 - Huffman, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) Egypt mm 1 - 1 - - 955 - - Huffman, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL) Egypt mm 5 5 - - 300 316 335 - Huffman, …
Tail Length (TL) Egypt mm 1 - 1 - - 125 - - Huffman, …
Tail Length (TL) Egypt mm 4 - - 4 155 162 166 - Huffman, …

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Gazella leptoceros.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa cm 5 5 - - - 9 - - Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width cm 5 5 - - - 2 - - Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull cm 5 5 - - - 17 - - Quibod, M…
Horn basal circumference nan mm - - - - 89 - 114 - Huffman, …
Horn length Algeria/Tunisia mm 6 - - 6 - 298 - 16 Huffman, …
Horn length Egypt mm 6 - - 6 - 337 - 28 Huffman, …
Horn length nan mm 2 - 2 - - 273 - - Huffman, …
Horn length Egypt mm - - - - 360 - 395 - Huffman, …
Horn length Egypt mm - - - - 294 327 366 - Huffman, …
Horn length nan mm - - - - 248 248 267 19 Huffman, …
Shoulder height Egypt mm 4 - - 4 696 718 752 - Huffman, …
Shoulder height Egypt mm 1 - 1 - - 697 - - Huffman, …
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional) nan unitless - - - - - 1 - - Abraham, …

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Gazella leptoceros.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Gazella leptoceros Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros 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
Gazella leptoceros 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
Gazella leptoceros Huffman, B.A. and Leslie Jr, D.M., 2023. Gazella leptoceros (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Mammalian Species, 55(1032), p.sead007. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Gazella leptoceros 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
Gazella leptoceros 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
Gazella leptoceros 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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