MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Madoqua kirkii

Accepted taxon: Madoqua kirkii
Taxon:	Madoqua kirkii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	ARTIODACTYLA \| Bovidae \| Antilopinae \| Madoqua
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 Madoqua kirkii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 22, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 50, CP (Crude Protein) 11, 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 Madoqua kirkii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	38.89	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Poaceae	STEM	14.44	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	7.78	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	STEM	6.67	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	5.56	Grzimek,B…
0	MINERAL	5.56	Grzimek,B…
Cyperaceae	LEAF	3.33	Damuth, J…
Vertebrata	BONES	1.11	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 Madoqua kirkii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Herbivore-Browser	Frugivore-Granivore,Herbivore-Browser	A. Myster…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Frugivore,Herbivore	A. Myster…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Madoqua kirkii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	2	-	2	-	-	5,280	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	4,710	-	-	Wimberly,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	7	-	-	-	5,187	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	-	-	4	-	5,160	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	-	4,122	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Madoqua kirkii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Length of the Masseteric Fossa	nan	cm	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	Quibod, M…
Muzzle Width	nan	cm	5	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	Quibod, M…
Total Length of the Skull	nan	cm	5	5	-	-	-	11	-	-	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 Madoqua kirkii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Madoqua kirkii	Mysterud,Atle, 2000, The Relationship between Ecological Segregation and Sexual Body Size Dimorphism in Large Herbivores, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirki	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	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Rhyncnotragus kirki	Gordon,IJ, 1988, Incisor arcade structure and diet selection in ruminants, Functional Ecology	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirkii	Loison,A., 1999, What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates?, Evolutionary Ecology Research	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirki	Clauss,M., 2002, Faecal particle size distribution in captive wild ruminants: an approach to the browser/grazer dichotomy from the other end, Oecologia	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirki	Mendoza,M., 2008, Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?, Journal of zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirkii	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
Madoqua kirkii	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirkii	Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E., Wolff, J.O., Khan, M.K., Smith, K., Allen, A.P., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B.A., Eldridge, M.D. and Falster, D., 2022. AnimalTraits-a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data, 9(1), p.265.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Madoqua kirkii	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
Madoqua kirkii	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
Madoqua kirkii	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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