MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Accepted taxon: Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Taxon:	Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cebidae \| Callitrichinae \| Leontopithecus
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 Leontopithecus chrysomelas diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 35, CP (Crude Protein) 39, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 Leontopithecus chrysomelas.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	30.56	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	22.22	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Gastropoda	WHOLE	13.89	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Fabaceae	EXUDATES	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	2.78	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 Leontopithecus chrysomelas.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Leontopithecus chrysomelas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	-	2	-	620	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	6	-	-	534.83	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	480	-	710	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	500	600	700	-	Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	2	-	-	2	-	250	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	6	-	-	236	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Leontopithecus chrysomelas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Femur maximum length (FML) The distance from the most superior point on the femoral head to the most inferior aspect of the medial condyle.	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	75	75	76	1	Powell, V…
Femur maximum length (FML) The distance from the most superior point on the femoral head to the most inferior aspect of the medial condyle.	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	73	74	75	2	Powell, V…
Humerus maximum length (HML) The distance from the most superior point of the humeral head to the most distal point of the medial projection of the trochlea.	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	65	66	68	1	Powell, V…
Humerus maximum length (HML) The distance from the most superior point of the humeral head to the most distal point of the medial projection of the trochlea.	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	65	66	67	1	Powell, V…
Radius maximum length (RML) The distance between the most superior point on the radial head to the most distal point of the styloid process.	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	65	65	66	0	Powell, V…
Radius maximum length (RML) The distance between the most superior point on the radial head to the most distal point of the styloid process.	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	63	66	68	4	Powell, V…
Tibia maximum length (TML) The distance from most superior point of the intercondylar eminence to the most distal aspect of the medial malleolus.	nan	mm	3	-	-	3	77	78	79	1	Powell, V…
Tibia maximum length (TML) The distance from most superior point of the intercondylar eminence to the most distal aspect of the medial malleolus.	nan	mm	2	-	2	-	75	76	77	2	Powell, V…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Leontopithecus chrysomelas.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Leontopithecus chrysomela	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Leontopithecus chrysomelas	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Leontopithecus chrysomelas	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Leontopithecus chrysomelas	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
Leontopithecus chrysomela	Powell, V.C., Barr, W.A., Hammond, A.S. and Wood, B.A., 2024. Behavioral and phylogenetic correlates of limb length proportions in extant apes and monkeys: Implications for interpreting hominin fossils. Journal of Human Evolution, 190, p.103494.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Leontopithecus chrysomelas	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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