MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Saguinus mystax

Accepted taxon: Saguinus mystax
Taxon:	Saguinus mystax
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cebidae \| Callitrichinae \| Saguinus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Saguinus mystax.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Saguinus mystax.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore-Omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	John G. R…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	John G. R…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Saguinus mystax.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	618	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	300	-	700	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Saguinus mystax.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
braincase length		mm	28	28	-	-	43	46	47	-	Heymann, …
braincase width		mm	28	28	-	-	27	29	30	-	Heymann, …
condylobasal length		mm	22	22	-	-	40	42	44	-	Heymann, …
greatest skull length		mm	46	46	-	-	51	54	56	-	Heymann, …
length of upper postcanine toothrow		mm	22	22	-	-	12	13	13	-	Heymann, …
mandible height		mm	22	22	-	-	18	19	21	-	Heymann, …
mandible length		mm	22	22	-	-	31	33	34	-	Heymann, …
Testicle volume	Río Manití (Peru)	mm3	74	-	-	74	-	830	-	258	Heymann, …
Testicle volume	Río Tapiche, Peru	mm3	58	-	-	58	-	671	-	114	Heymann, …
Testicle volume	Río Tahuayo, peru	mm3	35	-	-	35	-	711	-	148	Heymann, …
Testicles	Padre Isla; Quebrada Blanco	mm3	46	-	-	46	-	564	-	270	Heymann, …
vulva size (measured as the sum of length and maximum width)		mm	59	59	-	-	-	39	-	7	Heymann, …
vulva size (measured as the sum of length and maximum width)	Río Tapiche, Peru	mm	52	52	-	-	-	30	-	4	Heymann, …
vulva size (measured as the sum of length and maximum width)	Río Tahuayo, peru	mm	35	35	-	-	-	35	-	5	Heymann, …
zygomatic breadth		mm	45	45	-	-	31	35	37	-	Heymann, …

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Saguinus mystax.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Saguinus mystax	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Saguinus mystax	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Saguinus mystax	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
Saguinus mystax	Heymann, E.W., 2022. Saguinus mystax (Primates: Callitrichidae). Mammalian Species, 54(1024), p.seac009.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Saguinus mystax	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
Saguinus mystax	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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