MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Cervus nippon

Accepted taxon: Cervus nippon
Taxon:	Cervus nippon
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Cervidae \| Cervinae \| Cervus
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 Cervus nippon diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 25, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 51, CP (Crude Protein) 12, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Cervus nippon.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Poaceae	STEM	36.36	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	24.24	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	19.05	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	6.06	Smith,A. …
Fungi	SHOOT	6.06	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	4.76	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	1.73	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	1.30	Grzimek,B…
Fagaceae	SEED	0.43	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 Cervus nippon.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	Herbivore-Mixed feeder	A. Myster…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	A. Myster…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Cervus nippon.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	37	-	-	37	-	40,900	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	42,800	-	-	Wimberly,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	12	-	12	-	-	73,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	-	-	7	-	58,500	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	45	-	45	-	-	27,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	70,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	5	-	-	46,800	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	2	-	-	-	74,950	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	117,400	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	-	7	-	-	46,900	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Cervus nippon.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa	nan	cm	8	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width	nan	cm	8	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull	nan	cm	8	8	-	-	-	23	-	-	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 Cervus nippon.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cervus nippon	Mysterud,Atle, 2000, The Relationship between Ecological Segregation and Sexual Body Size Dimorphism in Large Herbivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	Gordon,IJ, 1988, Incisor arcade structure and diet selection in ruminants, Functional Ecology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	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
Cervus nippon	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

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