MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Papio anubis

Accepted taxon: Papio anubis
Taxon:	Papio anubis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Papio
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 Papio anubis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 45, CP (Crude Protein) 23, 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 Papio anubis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	SEED	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	21.43	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	17.86	Damuth, J…
Coniferophyta	EXUDATES	14.29	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	10.71	Damuth, J…
Reptilia	WHOLE	7.14	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	3.57	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 Papio anubis.
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, Herbivore	– 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	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Papio anubis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	28,329.2	-	-	Lundgren,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	4,990	-	33,300	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Papio anubis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Papio anubis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Papio anubis	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio anubis	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas (anubis)	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	50: Synonym	Verified - Accepted
Papio anubis	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
Papio anubis	Lundgren, E.J., Schowanek, S.D., Rowan, J., Middleton, O., Pedersen, R.Ø., Wallach, A.D., Ramp, D., Davis, M., Sandom, C.J. and Svenning, J.C., 2021. Functional traits of the world’s late Quaternary large-bodied avian and mammalian herbivores. Scientific data, 8(1), p.17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio anubis	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
Papio anubis	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio anubis	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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