MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Papio hamadryas

Accepted taxon: Papio hamadryas
Taxon:	Papio hamadryas
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 hamadryas diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 11, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 23, 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 Papio hamadryas.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	20.85	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	12.97	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	9.85	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	SEED	9.20	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	7.88	Damuth, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	7.39	Damuth, J…
Animalia	WHOLE	5.75	Grzimek,B…
Termitidae	WHOLE	4.60	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	4.27	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	LEAF	0.73	Ibrahim, …
Solanaceae	FRUIT	0.64	Ibrahim, …
Andropogon	LEAF	0.53	Ibrahim, …
Dombeya	LEAF	0.50	Ibrahim, …
Andropogon	ROOT	0.50	Ibrahim, …
Polygonaceae	LEAF	0.49	Ibrahim, …
Acanthus	LEAF	0.46	Ibrahim, …
Rumex	LEAF	0.39	Ibrahim, …
Urera	LEAF	0.39	Ibrahim, …
Acacia decurrens	LEAF	0.37	Ibrahim, …
Vernonia	LEAF	0.35	Ibrahim, …
Rumex	STEM	0.35	Ibrahim, …
Rosa abyssinica	FRUIT	0.33	Ibrahim, …
Triticum	SEED	0.32	Ibrahim, …
Rubus	FRUIT	0.32	Ibrahim, …
Arisaema	ROOT	0.32	Ibrahim, …
Zea mays	SEED	0.31	Ibrahim, …
Haplocarpha	LEAF	0.31	Ibrahim, …
Acanthus	STEM	0.30	Ibrahim, …
Rosa abyssinica	FLOWER	0.29	Ibrahim, …
Flacourtiaceae	WHOLE	0.29	Ibrahim, …
Dombeya	FLOWER	0.29	Ibrahim, …
Cyperus sesquiflorus	LEAF	0.28	Ibrahim, …
Cynodon aethiopicus	LEAF	0.27	Ibrahim, …
Trifolium polystachyum	LEAF	0.27	Ibrahim, …
Acanthus	FLOWER	0.27	Ibrahim, …
Rosaceae	LEAF	0.26	Ibrahim, …
Myrsinaceae	LEAF	0.26	Ibrahim, …
Ficus	FRUIT	0.25	Ibrahim, …
Bidens	FLOWER	0.25	Ibrahim, …
Myrica	LEAF	0.24	Ibrahim, …
Myrsine st.-johnii	LEAF	0.24	Ibrahim, …
Cyperus	LEAF	0.24	Ibrahim, …
Hypericaceae	STEM	0.24	Ibrahim, …
Hordeum vulgare	SEED	0.22	Ibrahim, …
Olea europaea	FRUIT	0.22	Ibrahim, …
Crassulaceae	BARK	0.22	Ibrahim, …
Solanum dennekense	STEM	0.21	Ibrahim, …
Dovyalis abyssinica	FRUIT	0.21	Ibrahim, …
Urticaceae	LEAF	0.21	Ibrahim, …
Commelina benghalensis	LEAF	0.20	Ibrahim, …
Trifolium semipilosum	LEAF	0.19	Ibrahim, …
Oliniaceae	LEAF	0.19	Ibrahim, …
Prunus africana	FRUIT	0.18	Ibrahim, …
Maesa	FLOWER	0.18	Ibrahim, …
Olea europaea	LEAF	0.17	Ibrahim, …
Rubus	LEAF	0.16	Ibrahim, …
Maesa	LEAF	0.16	Ibrahim, …
Bidens	LEAF	0.16	Ibrahim, …
Hypericum	FLOWER	0.16	Ibrahim, …
Myrsinaceae	FRUIT	0.15	Ibrahim, …
Haplocarpha	ROOT	0.15	Ibrahim, …
Kalanchoe	STEM	0.14	Ibrahim, …
Carex	LEAF	0.13	Ibrahim, …
Maesa	FRUIT	0.12	Ibrahim, …
Tragelaphus scriptus	WHOLE	0.12	Ibrahim, …
Myrsinaceae	FLOWER	0.11	Ibrahim, …
Poaceae	FLOWER	0.11	Ibrahim, …
Rumex	FLOWER	0.10	Ibrahim, …
Hypericum	LEAF	0.10	Ibrahim, …
Schefflera	FRUIT	0.09	Ibrahim, …
Trifolium polystachyum	ROOT	0.09	Ibrahim, …
Solanaceae	LEAF	0.08	Ibrahim, …
Vernonia	FRUIT	0.08	Ibrahim, …
Eleusine	LEAF	0.07	Ibrahim, …
Gramineae	ROOT	0.07	Ibrahim, …
Bidens	ROOT	0.06	Ibrahim, …
Hyparrhenia	ROOT	0.06	Ibrahim, …
Asteraceae	STEM	0.06	Ibrahim, …
Cynodon aethiopicus	ROOT	0.05	Ibrahim, …
Rubus	FLOWER	0.05	Ibrahim, …
Andropogon	FLOWER	0.05	Ibrahim, …
Oplismenus compositus	LEAF	0.05	Ibrahim, …
Rosa abyssinica	LEAF	0.04	Ibrahim, …
Lepus starcki	WHOLE	0.04	Ibrahim, …
Avena abyssinica	SEED	0.04	Ibrahim, …
Andropogon	STEM	0.03	Ibrahim, …
Myrica	FLOWER	0.02	Ibrahim, …
Prunus africana	LEAF	0.02	Ibrahim, …
Flacourtiaceae	LEAF	0.01	Ibrahim, …
Acanthus	BARK	0.01	Ibrahim, …
Myrica	BARK	0.01	Ibrahim, …
Solanum tuberosum	FRUIT	0.00	Ibrahim, …

^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 hamadryas.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
No trait values available.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Papio hamadryas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	9,200	-	37,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	14,972.2	-	-	Lundgren,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Papio hamadryas.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
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	2	-	2	-	196	199	201	3	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	2	-	2	-	172	174	175	2	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	2	-	2	-	180	183	186	4	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	2	-	2	-	173	175	178	4	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 Papio hamadryas.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Papio hamadryas	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas	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
Papio hamadryas	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas	Ibrahim, H., Bekele, A., Fashing, P.J., Nguyen, N., Yazezew, D., Moges, A., Venkataraman, V.V. and Mekonnen, A., 2023. Feeding ecology of a highland population of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) at Borena-Sayint National Park, northern Ethiopia. Primates, pp.1-14.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas	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 hamadrays	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Papio hamadryas	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 hamadryas	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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