Accepted taxon: Macaca mulatta
Accepted taxon: Macaca mulatta
| Taxon: |
Macaca mulatta |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | HAPLORRHINI | SIMIIFORMES | Cercopithecoidea | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecinae | Macaca |
| 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 Macaca mulatta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 15, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 53, CP (Crude Protein) 18, EE (Ether Extract) 7.
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 Macaca mulatta.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
26.76 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
LEAF |
16.41 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SEED |
9.47 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
8.32 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
SHOOT |
6.35 |
Smith,A. … |
| Magnoliopsida |
EXUDATES |
5.56 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Poaceae |
SEED |
4.27 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Poaceae |
STEM |
3.70 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Vertebrata |
WHOLE |
3.60 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Magnoliopsida |
BUD |
3.42 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Magnoliopsida |
ROOT |
2.78 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FLOWER |
2.56 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Vertebrata |
EGGS |
2.44 |
Nowak,R. … |
| Arthropoda |
WHOLE |
2.21 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Magnoliopsida |
BARK |
2.14 |
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 Macaca mulatta.
| 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 Macaca mulatta.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3,000 |
- |
13,000 |
- |
Freudenth… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Macaca mulatta.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| BMR (kJ/h) |
nan |
kJ/h |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
44 |
- |
- |
McNab, B.… |
| neck length |
nan |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
22 |
- |
- |
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 Macaca mulatta.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Macaca mulatta |
Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Macaca mulatta |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Macaca mulatta |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Macaca mulatta |
Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Macaca mulatta |
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 |
| Macaca mulatta |
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 |
| Macaca mulatta |
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 |
| Macaca mulatta |
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 |
| Macaca mulatta |
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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