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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Perodicticus potto

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]


Table 1. List of Diet Items for Perodicticus potto.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 26.67 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida EXUDATES 22.22 Damuth, J…
Insecta WHOLE 22.22 Damuth, J…
Coniferophyta EXUDATES 8.89 Damuth, J…
Formicidae WHOLE 6.67 Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda WHOLE 4.44 Grzimek,B…
Aves WHOLE 4.44 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida LEAF 2.22 Damuth, J…
Chiroptera WHOLE 2.22 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 Perodicticus potto.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore – 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
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-Granivore Frugivore-Granivore – 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 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…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Perodicticus potto.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
2dm1 - - - - - - 10 - - Boyer, Do…
3dm2 - - - - - - 25 - - Boyer, Do…
m2_relief - 6 6 - - 0 0 1 0 Boyer, Do…
sdm2 - - - - - - 10 - - Boyer, Do…
Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) - 6 6 - - - 134 - - Bunn, Jon…
orientation patch count rotated (OPCR) n/a 6 6 - - - 52 - - Bunn, Jon…
relief index (RFI) n/a 6 6 - - - 0 - - Bunn, Jon…
shearing quotient (SQ) - 6 6 - - - 1 - - 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 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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