MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cercopithecus mitis

Accepted taxon: Cercopithecus mitis
Taxon:	Cercopithecus mitis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Cercopithecus
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 Cercopithecus mitis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 21, 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 Cercopithecus mitis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	34.29	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	15.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	14.52	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	11.90	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	7.14	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	4.76	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	2.38	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 Cercopithecus mitis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Katharine…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cercopithecus mitis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	7	-	-	-	6,728.14	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	2,700	-	12,000	-	Freudenth…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	531	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	-	26.62	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cercopithecus mitis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	75	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	113	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	2	2	-	-	-	3,392	-	-	Genoud, M…
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	1	-	1	-	-	144	-	-	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	1	-	1	-	-	126	-	-	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	1	-	1	-	-	119	-	-	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	1	-	1	-	-	145	-	-	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 Cercopithecus mitis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cercopithecus mitis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus mitis	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus mitis	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus mitis	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
Cercopithecus mitis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus mitis	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
Cercopithecus mitis	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
Cercopithecus mitis	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
Cercopithecus mitis	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.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus mitis	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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