MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lemur catta

Accepted taxon: Lemur catta
Taxon:	Lemur catta
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LEMURIFORMES \| Lemuroidea \| Lemuridae \| Lemur
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 Lemur catta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 56, CP (Crude Protein) 13, EE (Ether Extract) 6. 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 Lemur catta.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	31.21	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	24.04	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	16.77	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	10.20	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	7.68	Grzimek,B…
Tamarindus indica	SEED	5.05	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	2.53	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	2.02	Grzimek,B…
Vertebrata	WHOLE	0.51	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 Lemur catta.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-Herbivore, 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, Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
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, Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lemur catta.
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 Lemur catta.
Measurement	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief	-	6	6	-	-	0	0	1	0	Boyer, Do…
sdm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Boyer, Do…
Dirichlet normal energy (DNE)	-	6	6	-	-	-	181	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
orientation patch count rotated (OPCR)	n/a	6	6	-	-	-	40	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
relief index (RFI)	n/a	6	6	-	-	-	0	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing quotient (SQ)	-	6	6	-	-	-	0	-	-	Bunn, Jon…
shearing ratio (SR)	-	6	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	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 Lemur catta.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lemur catta	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
Lemur catta	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemur catta	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
Lemur catta	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
Lemur catta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemur macaco	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Lemur catta	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemur catta	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lemur catta	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
Lemur catta	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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