MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Accepted taxon: Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Taxon:	Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Bovidae \| Reduncinae \| Kobus
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 Kobus ellipsiprymnus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 19, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 32, CP (Crude Protein) 9, EE (Ether Extract) 1. 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 Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	46.67	Damuth, J…
Phragmites	STEM	20.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Juncus	SHOOT	10.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	6.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	3.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	3.33	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 Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Grazer	Herbivore-Grazer	A. Myster…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	A. Myster…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	175,360	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	100,000	-	300,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	170,740	-	-	Wimberly,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	-	-	7	-	226,600	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	3	-	-	1,867	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	7	-	-	7	-	1,937	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	9	9	-	-	-	17	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	9	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	9	9	-	-	-	33	-	-	Quibod, M…
A1-MLL (maximum lateral length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	56	58	61	2	Wimberly,…
A2-MML (maximum medial length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	51	54	57	2	Wimberly,…
A3-MIN (minimal length of the astragalus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	45	46	49	2	Wimberly,…
A4-WAT (width at tarsus of the astragalus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	33	35	37	2	Wimberly,…
A5-WAF (width at trochlea of the astragalus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	29	31	33	1	Wimberly,…
C1-UL (greatest length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	109	116	122	6	Wimberly,…
C2-TL (length of body of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	72	77	81	4	Wimberly,…
C3-MBH (midbody height of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	28	30	32	1	Wimberly,…
C4-MBTV (midbody transverse width of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	14	16	18	2	Wimberly,…
C5-FFL (fibular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	24	26	27	1	Wimberly,…
C6-CNFL (cubonavicular facet length of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	26	30	34	3	Wimberly,…
C7-HSF (height of sustentacular facet of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	22	24	25	1	Wimberly,…
C8-HST (height of sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	34	36	37	1	Wimberly,…
F1-UL (full length of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	299	334	358	19	Wimberly,…
F2-FL (functional length of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	287	321	347	18	Wimberly,…
F3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	95	106	116	7	Wimberly,…
F4-PW (proximal width of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	83	95	102	7	Wimberly,…
F5-MLHW (mediolateral femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	48	54	60	4	Wimberly,…
F6-APHW (anteroposterior femoral head of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	35	38	40	2	Wimberly,…
F7-DW (distal width of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	71	79	84	5	Wimberly,…
F8-MPL (medial condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	93	103	112	7	Wimberly,…
F9-LPL (lateral condyle and patellar lip of the femur)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	76	84	91	5	Wimberly,…
H1-UL (full length of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	241	268	288	16	Wimberly,…
H2-FL (functional length of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	214	235	253	13	Wimberly,…
H3-MCF (midshaft circumference of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	95	109	121	10	Wimberly,…
H4-MTH (largest medial height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	37	41	44	3	Wimberly,…
H5-MidTH (smallest height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	25	29	32	2	Wimberly,…
H6-LTH (largest lateral height of trochlea of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	32	34	37	2	Wimberly,…
H7-PW (proximal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	66	77	85	6	Wimberly,…
H8-MLH (mediolateral humeral head width of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	51	58	64	4	Wimberly,…
H9-DW (distal width of the humerus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	56	63	70	5	Wimberly,…
MC1-UL (length of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	207	231	253	13	Wimberly,…
MC2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	20	23	26	2	Wimberly,…
MC3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	22	25	28	2	Wimberly,…
MC4-DW (distal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	39	44	49	3	Wimberly,…
MC5-PW (proximal width of the metacarpus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	41	44	48	3	Wimberly,…
MT1-UL (length of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	200	223	245	14	Wimberly,…
MT2-MAP (anteroposterior midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	22	25	29	2	Wimberly,…
MT3-MML (mediolateral midshaft of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	21	25	27	2	Wimberly,…
MT4-DW (distal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	40	45	49	3	Wimberly,…
MT5-PW (proximal width of the metatarsus)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	36	41	45	3	Wimberly,…
R1-UL (length of the radius)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	229	258	276	15	Wimberly,…
R2-PW (full proximal width of the radius)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	56	63	69	4	Wimberly,…
R3-NPW (width of humeral articular surface of the radius)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	52	57	63	4	Wimberly,…
R4-DW (distal width of the radius)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	48	52	59	3	Wimberly,…
S1-L (full length of the scapula)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	244	263	278	14	Wimberly,…
S2-GW (greatest cranio-caudal length of the scapula)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	133	150	167	14	Wimberly,…
S3-SW (shortest length of scapular neck of the scapula)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	30	34	36	2	Wimberly,…
S4-GH (anteroposterior glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	44	47	50	3	Wimberly,…
S5-GW (mediolateral glenoid fossa of the scapula)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	38	42	47	4	Wimberly,…
T1-L (full length of the tibia)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	304	343	375	23	Wimberly,…
T2-MCF (midshaft circumference of the tibia)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	90	103	113	7	Wimberly,…
T3-PW (proximal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	78	83	94	6	Wimberly,…
T4-DW (distal width of the tibia)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	47	51	55	3	Wimberly,…
U1-UL (length of the ulna)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	300	334	357	20	Wimberly,…
U2-OPL (olecranon process length of the ulna)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	61	70	79	6	Wimberly,…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Abraham, …
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	536	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	93	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	93	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	341	-	-	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 Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Mysterud,Atle, 2000, The Relationship between Ecological Segregation and Sexual Body Size Dimorphism in Large Herbivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Gordon,IJ, 1988, Incisor arcade structure and diet selection in ruminants, Functional Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprimnus	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Clauss,M., 2002, Faecal particle size distribution in captive wild ruminants: an approach to the browser/grazer dichotomy from the other end, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	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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