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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Paraxerus cepapi

Accepted taxon: Paraxerus cepapi


Accepted taxon: Paraxerus cepapi
Taxon: Paraxerus cepapi
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | SCIUROMORPHA | Sciuridae | Xerinae | Protoxerini | Paraxerus
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 Paraxerus cepapi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 16, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 63, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Paraxerus cepapi.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 28.57 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida LEAF 23.81 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SHOOT 19.05 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida ROOT 14.29 Damuth, J…
Lilianae ROOT 9.52 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida SEED 4.76 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 Paraxerus cepapi.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Arboreal Arboreal Christoph…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Paraxerus cepapi.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) northwestern Botswana g 10 - 10 - 108 147 200 - Banotai, …
Body Mass (BM) northwestern Botswana g 7 - - 7 117 170 200 - Banotai, …
Body Mass (BM) Central Africa g - - - - 100 180 260 - Amori,G.,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 76 - 265 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) Mookgophong, South Africa g 69 69 - - - 223 - - Banotai, …
Breadth Of Braincase (BB) nan mm - - - - - 18 - - Banotai, …
Breadth Of Braincase (BB) nan mm - - - - 18.4 - 19 - Banotai, …
Breadth Of Braincase (BB) nan mm - - - - 19.1 - 19.4 - Banotai, …
Condylobasal Length (CBL) nan mm - - - - - 38.8 - - Banotai, …
Condylobasal Length (CBL) nan mm - - - - 41.8 - 42.6 - Banotai, …
Condylobasal Length (CBL) nan mm - - - - 43.2 - 43.7 - Banotai, …
Ear Length (EL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 14 - 14 - - 19 - - Banotai, …
Ear Length (EL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 12 - - 12 - 19 - - Banotai, …
Ear Length (EL) northwestern Botswana mm 10 - 10 - 16 19 22 - Banotai, …
Ear Length (EL) northwestern Botswana mm 11 - - 11 19 20 21 - Banotai, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - 13 - - 181 - - Banotai, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - - 13 - 176 - - Banotai, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) northwestern Botswana mm 12 - 12 - - 166 - - Banotai, …
Head-Body Length (HBL) northwestern Botswana mm 10 - - 10 - 167 - - Banotai, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - 13 - - 44 - - Banotai, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - - 13 - 45 - - Banotai, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL) northwestern Botswana mm 12 - 12 - 40 44 47 - Banotai, …
Hind Foot Length (HFL) northwestern Botswana mm 11 - - 11 36 44 47 - Banotai, …
Tail Length (TL) northwestern Botswana mm 10 - - 10 130 162 180 - Banotai, …
Tail Length (TL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - 13 - - 162 - - Banotai, …
Tail Length (TL) Okavango Delta, Botswana mm 13 - - 13 - 169 - - Banotai, …
Tail Length (TL) northwestern Botswana mm 12 - 12 - 135 163 181 - Banotai, …
Zygomatic Breadth (ZB) nan mm - - - - - 23 - - Banotai, …
Zygomatic Breadth (ZB) nan mm - - - - 25.2 - 25.5 - Banotai, …
Zygomatic Breadth (ZB) nan mm - - - - 25.8 - 26.2 - Banotai, …

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Paraxerus cepapi.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
baculum crest length South Africa mm 12 12 - - 3 - 3 - Banotai, …
baculum length South Africa mm 12 12 - - 1 - 1 - Banotai, …
baculum proximal width South Africa mm 12 12 - - 1 - 1 - Banotai, …
baculum total length of everted part South Africa mm 12 12 - - 5 - 5 - Banotai, …
minimum interorbital constriction nan mm - - - - - 11 - - Banotai, …
minimum interorbital constriction nan mm - - - - 12 - 12 - Banotai, …
minimum interorbital constriction nan mm - - - - 13 - 13 - Banotai, …
nasal breadth nan mm - - - - - 6 - - Banotai, …
nasal breadth nan mm - - - - 6 - 7 - Banotai, …
nasal breadth nan mm - - - - 7 - 7 - Banotai, …
nasal length nan mm - - - - - 11 - - Banotai, …
nasal length nan mm - - - - 12 - 13 - Banotai, …
nasal length nan mm - - - - 13 - 13 - Banotai, …
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 3 - - McNab, B.…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 2 - - 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 Paraxerus cepapi.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Paraxerus cepapi Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi Amori,G., 2002, Rodents and the bushmeat harvest in Central Africa, Links between biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and food security: the sustainable use of wild meat.Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi 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
Paraxerus cepapi Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. “Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.” J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387–1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi Banotai, C.M., Mazzamuto, M.V. and Koprowski, J.L., 2023. Paraxerus cepapi (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species, 55(1030), p.sead005. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi kalaharicus Banotai, C.M., Mazzamuto, M.V. and Koprowski, J.L., 2023. Paraxerus cepapi (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species, 55(1030), p.sead005. 205: Subspecies Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi maunensis Banotai, C.M., Mazzamuto, M.V. and Koprowski, J.L., 2023. Paraxerus cepapi (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species, 55(1030), p.sead005. 205: Subspecies Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus cepapi 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
Paraxerus cepapi 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
Paraxerus cepapi 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

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