MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Erythrocebus patas

Accepted taxon: Erythrocebus patas
Taxon:	Erythrocebus patas
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Erythrocebus
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 Erythrocebus patas diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 49, CP (Crude Protein) 24, 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 Erythrocebus patas.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	28.01	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	16.75	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	13.75	Damuth, J…
Fabaceae	SEED	8.48	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	6.06	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Formicidae	WHOLE	4.85	Damuth, J…
Squamata	WHOLE	4.28	Damuth, J…
Animalia	WHOLE	3.70	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	3.64	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	2.78	Grzimek,B…
Aves	EGGS	1.53	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	EGGS	0.61	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 Erythrocebus patas.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Erythrocebus patas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	2,825	-	25,000	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Erythrocebus patas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	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 Erythrocebus patas.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Erythrocebus patas	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Erythrocebus patas	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
Erythrocebus patas	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Erythrocebus patas	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Erythrocebus patas	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Erythrocebus patas	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
Erythrocebus patas	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
Erythrocebus patas	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
Erythrocebus patas	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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