MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Gazella spekei

Accepted taxon: Gazella spekei
Taxon:	Gazella spekei
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.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Gazella spekei.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 spekei.
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 spekei.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	15,000	-	25,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	5	-	-	-	11,620	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	16,280	-	-	Wimberly,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1,000	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	33.34	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Gazella spekei.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	3	3	-	-	-	9	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	3	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	3	3	-	-	-	18	-	-	Quibod, M…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	180	-	-	Engelman,…
A1-MLL (maximum lateral length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	22	24	25	1	Wimberly,…
A2-MML (maximum medial length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	20	22	23	1	Wimberly,…
A3-MIN (minimal length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	17	18	20	1	Wimberly,…
A4-WAT (width at tarsus of the astragalus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	13	14	16	1	Wimberly,…
A5-WAF (width at trochlea of the astragalus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	12	13	14	1	Wimberly,…
C1-UL (greatest length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	47	52	56	3	Wimberly,…
C2-TL (length of body of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	33	35	39	2	Wimberly,…
C3-MBH (midbody height of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	12	13	15	1	Wimberly,…
C4-MBTV (midbody transverse width of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	6	6	7	1	Wimberly,…
C5-FFL (fibular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	10	11	12	1	Wimberly,…
C6-CNFL (cubonavicular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	11	12	14	1	Wimberly,…
C7-HSF (height of sustentacular facet of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	8	9	11	1	Wimberly,…
C8-HST (height of sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	13	14	16	1	Wimberly,…
F1-UL (full length of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	148	152	157	4	Wimberly,…
F2-FL (functional length of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	142	145	149	3	Wimberly,…
F3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	39	41	44	2	Wimberly,…
F4-PW (proximal width of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	36	38	39	1	Wimberly,…
F5-MLHW (mediolateral femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	19	20	21	1	Wimberly,…
F6-APHW (anteroposterior femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	14	15	15	0	Wimberly,…
F7-DW (distal width of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	28	29	30	1	Wimberly,…
F8-MPL (medial condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	38	39	41	2	Wimberly,…
F9-LPL (lateral condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	33	34	35	1	Wimberly,…
H1-UL (full length of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	110	116	123	5	Wimberly,…
H2-FL (functional length of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	101	105	111	4	Wimberly,…
H3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	36	40	49	5	Wimberly,…
H4-MTH (largest medial height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	14	15	18	2	Wimberly,…
H5-MidTH (smallest height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	10	11	12	1	Wimberly,…
H6-LTH (largest lateral height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	13	14	15	1	Wimberly,…
H7-PW (proximal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	28	29	32	2	Wimberly,…
H8-MLH (mediolateral humeral head width of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	23	25	29	2	Wimberly,…
H9-DW (distal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	21	23	28	2	Wimberly,…
MC1-UL (length of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	145	154	166	10	Wimberly,…
MC2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	8	9	11	1	Wimberly,…
MC3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	9	10	12	1	Wimberly,…
MC4-DW (distal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	15	17	20	2	Wimberly,…
MC5-PW (proximal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	17	18	19	1	Wimberly,…
MT1-UL (length of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	152	164	176	10	Wimberly,…
MT2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	11	12	14	2	Wimberly,…
MT3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	9	9	11	1	Wimberly,…
MT4-DW (distal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	16	18	20	2	Wimberly,…
MT5-PW (proximal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	16	17	19	1	Wimberly,…
R1-UL (length of the radius)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	132	140	146	6	Wimberly,…
R2-PW (full proximal width of the radius)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	20	22	25	2	Wimberly,…
R3-NPW (width of humeral articular surface of the radius)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	17	19	21	1	Wimberly,…
R4-DW (distal width of the radius)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	18	20	23	1	Wimberly,…
S1-L (full length of the scapula)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	105	109	116	5	Wimberly,…
S2-GW (greatest cranio-caudal length of the scapula)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	54	59	62	3	Wimberly,…
S3-SW (shortest length of scapular neck of the scapula)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	12	12	13	1	Wimberly,…
S4-GH (anteroposterior glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	18	20	21	2	Wimberly,…
S5-GW (mediolateral glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	17	18	19	1	Wimberly,…
T1-L (full length of the tibia)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	183	193	205	9	Wimberly,…
T2-MCF (midshaft circumference of the tibia)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	40	43	50	4	Wimberly,…
T3-PW (proximal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	30	32	37	2	Wimberly,…
T4-DW (distal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	19	20	23	1	Wimberly,…
U1-UL (length of the ulna)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	160	171	180	7	Wimberly,…
U2-OPL (olecranon process length of the ulna)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	28	31	35	2	Wimberly,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	Abraham, …
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	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 Gazella spekei.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Gazella spekei	Clauss,M., 2010, Convergence in the macroscopic anatomy of the reticulum in wild ruminant species of different feeding types and a new resulting hypothesis on reticular function, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella spekei	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 spekei	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
Gazella spekei	Wimberly, A.N., 2023. Predicting body mass in Ruminantia using postcranial measurements. Journal of Morphology, 284(10), p.e21636.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Gazella spekei	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 spekei	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 spekei	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
Gazella spekei	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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