Accepted taxon: Microcebus rufus
Accepted taxon: Microcebus rufus
| Taxon: |
Microcebus rufus |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LEMURIFORMES | Cheirogaleoidea | Cheirogaleidae | Microcebus |
| 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 Microcebus rufus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 30, CP (Crude Protein) 42, EE (Ether Extract) 13.
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 Microcebus rufus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
25.00 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Coleoptera |
WHOLE |
21.43 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
17.86 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Anura |
WHOLE |
14.29 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Chamaeleo |
WHOLE |
10.71 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Animalia |
WHOLE |
7.14 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
EXUDATES |
3.57 |
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 Microcebus rufus.
| Trait |
Selected Value |
All Value(s) |
Reference(s) |
|
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981
|
Arboreal
|
Arboreal
|
– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430
|
|
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009
|
Frugivore
|
Frugivore
|
–
|
Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Microcebus rufus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30 |
- |
98 |
- |
Freudenth… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Talatakely, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar |
g |
87 |
87 |
- |
- |
- |
42.5 |
- |
- |
Tan,C. L.… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Microcebus rufus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Microcebus rufus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Microcebus rufus |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Microcebus rufus |
Tan,C. L., 1999, Group composition, home range size, and diet of three sympatric bamboo lemur species (genus Hapalemur) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, International Journal of Primatology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Microcebus rufus |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Microcebus rufus |
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 |
| Microcebus rufus |
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 |
| Microcebus rufus |
Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
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Microcebus rufus
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