Accepted taxon: Perodicticus potto
Accepted taxon: Perodicticus potto
| Taxon: |
Perodicticus potto |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
PRIMATES | STREPSIRRHINI | LORISIFORMES | Lorisidae | Perodicticus |
| 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 Perodicticus potto diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 45, CP (Crude Protein) 27, EE (Ether Extract) 11.
See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets.
Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15.
[DOI]
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Perodicticus potto.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
1,162 |
- |
- |
Engelman,… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
nan |
g |
33 |
33 |
- |
- |
- |
1,100 |
- |
- |
Nelson, A… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Perodicticus potto.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Perodicticus potto |
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 |
| Periodicticus potto |
McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
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 |
| Perodicticus potto |
Boyer, Doug M. “Relief Index of Second Mandibular Molars Is a Correlate of Diet Among Prosimian Primates and Other Euarchontan Mammals.†Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 6 (December 2008): 1118–1137. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.002. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
Bunn, Jonathan M., Doug M. Boyer, Yaron Lipman, Elizabeth M. St. Clair, Jukka Jernvall, and Ingrid Daubechies. “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 145, no. 2 (April 5, 2011): 247–261. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21489. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
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 |
| Perodicticus potto |
Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Perodicticus potto |
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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