MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Microcebus griseorufus

Accepted taxon: Microcebus griseorufus
Taxon:	Microcebus griseorufus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LEMURIFORMES \| Cheirogaleoidea \| Cheirogaleidae \| Microcebus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Microcebus griseorufus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Microcebus griseorufus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	– Jonathan M. Bunn, Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, Ingrid Daubechies, 2011, 'Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 145, no. 2, pp. 247-261
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Jonathan M. Bunn, Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, Ingrid Daubechies, 2011, 'Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 145, no. 2, pp. 247-261

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Microcebus griseorufus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Microcebus griseorufus.
Measurement	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief	-	7	7	-	-	0	0	1	0	Boyer, Do…
sdm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	Boyer, Do…
Dirichlet normal energy (DNE)	-	7	7	-	-	-	215	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
orientation patch count rotated (OPCR)	n/a	7	7	-	-	-	46	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
relief index (RFI)	n/a	7	7	-	-	-	0	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing quotient (SQ)	-	7	7	-	-	-	11	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing ratio (SR)	-	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	Bunn, Jon…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Microcebus griseorufus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Microcebus griseorufus	Bunn,J. M., 2011, Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination, American Journal of Physical Anthropology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microcebus griseorufus	Boyer, Doug M. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.Ã¢â‚¬Â Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118Ã¢â‚¬â€œ1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microcebus griseorufus	Bunn, Jonathan M., Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, and Ingrid Daubechies. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Comparing Dirichlet Normal Surface Energy of Tooth Crowns, a New Technique of Molar Shape Quantification for Dietary Inference, with Previous Methods in Isolation and in Combination.Ã¢â‚¬Â American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 2 (April 5, 2011): 247Ã¢â‚¬â€œ261. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21489.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Microcebus griseorufus	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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