MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Perodicticus potto

Accepted taxon: Perodicticus potto
Taxon:	Perodicticus potto
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LORISIFORMES \| Lorisidae \| Perodicticus
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 Perodicticus potto diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 45, CP (Crude Protein) 27, EE (Ether Extract) 11. 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 Perodicticus potto.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	26.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	22.22	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	22.22	Damuth, J…
Coniferophyta	EXUDATES	8.89	Damuth, J…
Formicidae	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	4.44	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	4.44	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	2.22	Damuth, J…
Chiroptera	WHOLE	2.22	Nowak,R. …

^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 Perodicticus potto.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Perodicticus potto.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	538	-	1,600	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	1,162	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	33	33	-	-	-	1,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	33	33	-	-	-	327	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	354	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	-	15.8	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Perodicticus potto.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1		-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2		-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief		-	6	6	-	-	0	0	1	0	Boyer, Do…
sdm2		-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	Boyer, Do…
Dirichlet normal energy (DNE)		-	6	6	-	-	-	134	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
orientation patch count rotated (OPCR)		n/a	6	6	-	-	-	52	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
relief index (RFI)		n/a	6	6	-	-	-	0	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing quotient (SQ)		-	6	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing ratio (SR)		-	6	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	63	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	McNab, B.…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	337	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Perodicticus potto.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Perodicticus potto	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
Periodicticus potto	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	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
Perodicticus potto	Boyer, Doug M. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.Ã¢â‚¬Â Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	Bunn, Jonathan M., Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, and Ingrid Daubechies. Ã¢â‚¬Å“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.Ã¢â‚¬Â American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 2 (April 5, 2011): 247Ã¢â‚¬â€œ261. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21489.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	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
Perodicticus potto	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
Perodicticus potto	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
Perodicticus potto	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
Perodicticus potto	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Perodicticus potto	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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