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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Indri indri

Accepted taxon: Indri indri


Accepted taxon: Indri indri
Taxon: Indri indri
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LEMURIFORMES | Lemuroidea | Indridae | Indri
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 Indri indri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 10, 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 Indri indri.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Lauraceae LEAF 33.33 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 32.14 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FLOWER 17.06 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 12.70 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida BARK 3.57 Grzimek,B…
0 MINERAL 1.19 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 Indri indri.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Herbivore-Browser Herbivore-Browser Jonathan …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Herbivore Herbivore Jonathan …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Arboreal Arboreal Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Indri indri.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 5,800 - 10,000 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Indri indri.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
2dm1 - - - - - - 43 - - Boyer, Do…
3dm2 - - - - - - 99 - - Boyer, Do…
m2_relief - 4 4 - - 1 1 1 0 Boyer, Do…
sdm2 - - - - - - 34 - - Boyer, Do…
Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) - 9 9 - - - 173 - - Bunn, Jon…
orientation patch count rotated (OPCR) n/a 9 9 - - - 56 - - Bunn, Jon…
relief index (RFI) n/a 9 9 - - - 0 - - Bunn, Jon…
shearing quotient (SQ) - 9 9 - - - 10 - - Bunn, Jon…
shearing ratio (SR) - 9 9 - - - 3 - - Bunn, Jon…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Indri indri.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Indri indri Bunn,J. M., 2011, Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Boyer, Doug M. “Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.” Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118–1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Bunn, Jonathan M., Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, and Ingrid Daubechies. “Comparing Dirichlet Normal Surface Energy of Tooth Crowns, a New Technique of Molar Shape Quantification for Dietary Inference, with Previous Methods in Isolation and in Combination.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 2 (April 5, 2011): 247–261. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21489. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Indri indri 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
Indri indri 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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