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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Heterohyrax brucei

Accepted taxon: Heterohyrax brucei


Accepted taxon: Heterohyrax brucei
Taxon: Heterohyrax brucei
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: HYRACOIDEA | Procaviidae | Heterohyrax
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 Heterohyrax brucei diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 21, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, 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 Heterohyrax brucei.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Dioscorea dumetorum LEAF 25.00 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 20.83 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida STEM 10.95 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 10.00 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida BUD 7.50 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 7.26 Damuth, J…
Acacia LEAF 7.14 Damuth, J…
Plantae LEAF 5.95 Damuth, J…
Poaceae STEM 4.17 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida BARK 1.19 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 Heterohyrax brucei.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Browser Herbivore-Browser Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Heterohyrax brucei.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 10 10 - - - 2,023 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 600 - 3,630 - Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 7 7 - - - 427.29 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 10 10 - - - 18.73 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Heterohyrax brucei.
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 - - - - - 77 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 14 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 18 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 7 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 16 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 5 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 59 - - 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 Heterohyrax brucei.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Heterohyrax brucei McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Heterohyrax brucei 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
Heterohyrax brucei Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Heterohyrax brucei Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Heterohyrax brucei 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
Heterohyrax brucei 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
Heterohyrax brucei 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
Heterohyrax brucei 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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