MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Odocoileus virginianus

Accepted taxon: Odocoileus virginianus
Taxon:	Odocoileus virginianus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Cervidae \| Capreolinae \| Odocoileus
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 Odocoileus virginianus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 21, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 55, CP (Crude Protein) 11, 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 Odocoileus virginianus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	28.57	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	21.77	Damuth, J…
Fungi	SHOOT	11.02	Damuth, J…
Fagaceae	SEED	8.16	Damuth, J…
Poaceae	STEM	8.16	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	6.80	Damuth, J…
Rubus	FRUIT	1.90	Grzimek,B…
Cornus	STEM	1.77	Grzimek,B…
Symphoricarpos	FRUIT	1.63	Grzimek,B…
Prunus virginiana	FRUIT	1.50	Grzimek,B…
Rosa	SHOOT	1.36	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	STEM	1.36	Grzimek,B…
Mahonia repens	FRUIT	1.22	Grzimek,B…
Pinus ponderosa	STEM	1.09	Grzimek,B…
Ulmus	LEAF	0.95	Grzimek,B…
Acer	SHOOT	0.82	Grzimek,B…
Quercus	SEED	0.68	Grzimek,B…
Carya	SEED	0.54	Grzimek,B…
Fagus	SEED	0.41	Grzimek,B…
Juglans	SEED	0.27	Grzimek,B…

^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 Odocoileus virginianus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser,Herbivore-Grazer	A. Myster…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	A. Myster…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	Paglia,A.…
Temporal habits	diurnal	diurnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Odocoileus virginianus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	15	15	-	-	-	46,992.33	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	93,460	-	-	Wimberly,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	15	15	-	-	-	46,992.33	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass - Female (BM-F)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	30,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass - Male (BM-M)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	-	50,000	-	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Odocoileus virginianus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa	nan	cm	7	7	-	-	-	11	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width	nan	cm	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull	nan	cm	7	7	-	-	-	27	-	-	Quibod, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Odocoileus virginianus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Odocoileus virginianus	Mysterud,Atle, 2000, The Relationship between Ecological Segregation and Sexual Body Size Dimorphism in Large Herbivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Clauss,M., 2010, Convergence in the macroscopic anatomy of the reticulum in wild ruminant species of different feeding types and a new resulting hypothesis on reticular function, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Clauss,M., 2002, Faecal particle size distribution in captive wild ruminants: an approach to the browser/grazer dichotomy from the other end, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	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
Odocoileus virginianus	Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	Quibod, M.N.R.M., Gélin, U., van Langevelde, F. and Tomlinson, K.W., 2023. Diet-specific responses of skull traits to aridity gradients in bovids and cervids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.zlad068.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	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
Odocoileus virginianus	Wimberly, A.N., 2023. Predicting body mass in Ruminantia using postcranial measurements. Journal of Morphology, 284(10), p.e21636.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Odocoileus virginianus	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

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