MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Otolemur crassicaudatus

Accepted taxon: Otolemur crassicaudatus
Taxon:	Otolemur crassicaudatus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LORISIFORMES \| Galagidae \| Otolemur
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 Otolemur crassicaudatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 54, CP (Crude Protein) 22, EE (Ether Extract) 8. 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 Otolemur crassicaudatus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	21.67	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	18.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	10.00	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	6.67	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 Otolemur crassicaudatus.
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: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	–
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Otolemur crassicaudatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	550	-	2,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Otolemur crassicaudatus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	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 Otolemur crassicaudatus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Otolemur crassicaudatus	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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
Otolemur crassicaudatus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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
Otolemur crassicaudatus	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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