MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Chlorocebus sabaeus

Accepted taxon: Chlorocebus sabaeus
Taxon:	Chlorocebus sabaeus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Chlorocebus
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 Chlorocebus sabaeus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 0, ASH (Ash contents) 35, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 53, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Chlorocebus sabaeus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Ocypodidae	WHOLE	100.00	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 Chlorocebus sabaeus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
No trait values available.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Chlorocebus sabaeus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	St. Kitts & Nevis	g	64	-	64	-	-	3,540	-	1	Turner, T…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	1,314	-	4,082	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	St. Kitts & Nevis	g	90	-	-	90	-	5,670	-	1	Turner, T…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	St. Kitts & Nevis	mm	90	-	-	90	-	404.1	-	3	Turner, T…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	St. Kitts & Nevis	mm	64	-	64	-	-	346.7	-	3	Turner, T…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Chlorocebus sabaeus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Foot	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	90	-	-	90	-	15	-	1	Turner, T…
Foot	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	64	-	64	-	-	13	-	1	Turner, T…
Leg	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	90	-	-	90	-	20	-	1	Turner, T…
Leg	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	64	-	64	-	-	16	-	1	Turner, T…
Thigh	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	90	-	-	90	-	18	-	1	Turner, T…
Thigh	St. Kitts & Nevis	cm	64	-	64	-	-	15	-	1	Turner, T…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Chlorocebus sabaeus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cercopithecus sabaeus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Chlorocebus sabaeus	Turner, T.R., Schmitt, C.A., Cramer, J.D., Lorenz, J., Grobler, J.P., Jolly, C.J. and Freimer, N.B., 2018. Morphological variation in the genus Chlorocebus: Ecogeographic and anthropogenically mediated variation in body mass, postcranial morphology, and growth. American journal of physical anthropology, 166(3), pp.682-707.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Chlorocebus sabaeus	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
Chlorocebus sabaeus	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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