MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Kobus leche

Accepted taxon: Kobus leche
Taxon:	Kobus leche
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 leche diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 33, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 10, 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 Kobus leche.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	88.89	Damuth, J…
Phragmites	STEM	11.11	Damuth, J…

^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 leche.
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 leche.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	9	-	-	83,143.48	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	15	-	15	-	-	79,605.46	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	60,000	-	170,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	8	-	-	78,108.61	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	15	-	15	-	-	75,432.41	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	13	-	13	-	-	80,648.72	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	102,874.75	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	13	-	13	-	-	1,569.72	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	-	5	-	1,617.98	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	9	-	-	1,549.4	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	15	-	15	-	-	1,524	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	8	-	-	1,567.18	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	15	-	15	-	-	1,529.08	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Kobus leche.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa		cm	6	6	-	-	-	15	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width		cm	6	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull		cm	6	6	-	-	-	31	-	-	Quibod, M…
average ungulate dietary grass fraction (proportional)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Abraham, …
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	75	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	73	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	351	-	-	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 leche.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Kobus leche	Mysterud,Atle, 2000, The Relationship between Ecological Segregation and Sexual Body Size Dimorphism in Large Herbivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus leche	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 leche	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus lechwe	Clauss,M., 2002, Faecal particle size distribution in captive wild ruminants: an approach to the browser/grazer dichotomy from the other end, Oecologia	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Kobus lechwe	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Kobus leche	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 leche	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus leche	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Kobus leche	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 leche	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 leche	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 leche	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 leche	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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