MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Propithecus verreauxi

Accepted taxon: Propithecus verreauxi
Taxon:	Propithecus verreauxi
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| STREPSIRRHINI \| LEMURIFORMES \| Lemuroidea \| Indridae \| Propithecus
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 Propithecus verreauxi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 18, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 58, CP (Crude Protein) 11, EE (Ether Extract) 5. 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 Propithecus verreauxi.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	50.00	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	33.33	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	16.67	Nowak,R. …

^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 Propithecus verreauxi.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, 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	Herbivore-Browser	Herbivore-Browser	– 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 Propithecus verreauxi.
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 Propithecus verreauxi.
Measurement	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
2dm1	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Boyer, Do…
3dm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	-	-	Boyer, Do…
m2_relief	-	3	3	-	-	1	1	1	0	Boyer, Do…
sdm2	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	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 Propithecus verreauxi.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Propithecus verreauxi	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Propithecus verreauxi	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Propithecus verreauxi	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
Propithecus verreauxi	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Propithecus verreauxi	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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