MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Colobus polykomos

Accepted taxon: Colobus polykomos
Taxon:	Colobus polykomos
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Colobinae \| Colobus
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 Colobus polykomos diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 19, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 60, CP (Crude Protein) 10, 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 Colobus polykomos.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	37.50	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	27.38	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	SEED	8.93	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	7.14	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	5.36	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	3.57	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	1.79	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 Colobus polykomos.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	–
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	–

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Colobus polykomos.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	6	-	-	-	8,533.33	-	-	Engelman,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	5	-	-	-	626	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	6	6	-	-	-	29.54	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Colobus polykomos.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	70	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	118	-	-	Engelman,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Colobus polykomos.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Colobus polykomos	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Colobus polykomos	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
Colobus polykomos	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Colobus polykomos	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Colobus polykomos	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
Colobus polykomos	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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