MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Eulemur fulvus

Accepted taxon: Eulemur fulvus
Taxon:	Eulemur fulvus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LEMURIFORMES \| Lemuroidea \| Lemuridae \| Eulemur
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 Eulemur fulvus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 63, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 7. 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 Eulemur fulvus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	45.83	Grzimek,B…
Tamarindus indica	LEAF	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Ravenala madagascariensis	LEAF	16.67	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	4.17	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 Eulemur fulvus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore, Herbivore-Browser	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, 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, Herbivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, 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 Eulemur fulvus.
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 Eulemur fulvus.
Measurement	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief	-	2	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	Boyer, Do…
sdm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Boyer, Do…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Eulemur fulvus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Eulemur fulvus fulvus	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	3: Genus, Species = Master genus, subspecies	Verified - Accepted
Lemur fulvus	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	50: Synonym	Verified - Accepted
Eulemur fulvus	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Petterus fulvus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Lemur fulvus	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	50: Synonym	Verified - Accepted
Petterus fulvus	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	150: Genus synonym, same species epithet	Verified - Accepted
Eulemur fulvus fulvus	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.	3: Genus, Species = Master genus, subspecies	Verified - Accepted
Eulemur fulvus	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
Eulemur fulvus	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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