MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Dendrohyrax arboreus

Accepted taxon: Dendrohyrax arboreus
Taxon:	Dendrohyrax arboreus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	HYRACOIDEA \| Procaviidae \| Dendrohyrax
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 Dendrohyrax arboreus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 20, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 57, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Dendrohyrax arboreus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	37.30	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	20.37	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	19.31	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	13.49	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	4.76	Damuth, J…
Cyperaceae	LEAF	3.17	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	1.59	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 Dendrohyrax arboreus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Dendrohyrax arboreus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,400	-	4,500	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	10	10	-	-	-	2,072.5	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	369.56	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	-	19.09	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Dendrohyrax arboreus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	85	-	-	Engelman,…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	61	-	-	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 Dendrohyrax arboreus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dendrohyrax arboreus	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
Dendrohyrax arboreus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Dendrohyrax validus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Dendrohyrax arboreus	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
Dendrohyrax arboreus	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
Dendrohyrax arboreus	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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