MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Chlorocebus aethiops

Accepted taxon: Chlorocebus aethiops
Taxon:	Chlorocebus aethiops
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	PRIMATES \| HAPLORRHINI \| SIMIIFORMES \| Cercopithecoidea \| Cercopithecidae \| Cercopithecinae \| Chlorocebus
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 Chlorocebus aethiops diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 14, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 51, CP (Crude Protein) 21, EE (Ether Extract) 8. 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 Chlorocebus aethiops.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	25.00	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	SEED	19.64	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	BUD	10.71	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	8.93	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	ROOT	7.14	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	BARK	5.36	Damuth, J…
Reptilia	WHOLE	5.36	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	EXUDATES	3.57	Damuth, J…
Aves	WHOLE	3.57	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	1.79	Grzimek,B…
Lilianae	STEM	1.79	Damuth, J…

^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 Chlorocebus aethiops.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Katharine Milton, Michael L. May, 1976, 'Body weight, diet and home range area in primates', Nature, vol. 259, no. 5543, pp. 459-462, Matt Sponheimer, Julia A. Lee-Thorp, 2001, 'The oxygen isotope composition of mammalian enamel carbonate from Morea Estate, South Africa', Oecologia, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 153-157
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

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Chlorocebus aethiops.
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 Chlorocebus aethiops.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Chlorocebus aethiops.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Cercopithecus aethiops	Sponheimer,M., 2001, The oxygen isotope composition of mammalian enamel carbonate from Morea Estate, South Africa, Oecologia	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus aethiops	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Cercopithecus aethiops	Milton,K., 1976, Body weight, diet and home range area in primates, Nature	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Chlorocebus aethiops	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
Chlorocebus aethiops	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Chlorocebus aethiops	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
Cercopithecus aethiops	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.	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Chlorocebus aethiops	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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