Ancestral feeding state of ruminants reconsidered: earliest grazing adaptation claims a mixed condition for Cervidae-2

Esowear hierarchical cluster based on the tooth positions m–m/M–Mand percentage high occlusal relief, percentage round cusps and percentage blunt cusps of with extant species (B). Shared symbols: UPPER CASE = LEAF-BROWSER, UPPER CASE WHIT ASTERISK = FRUIT-BROWSER, lower case = grazer, Mixed case with asterisk = Fossil species. Exclusive microwear symbols: Non-underlined Mixed case (Capital first) = Seasonal Mixed feeder, Underlined Mixed case (Capital first) = Non-seasonal Mixed feeder, mixed Case (lower First) = mountain Grazer. Exclusive mesowear symbols: Mixed Case (Capital first) = Mixed Feeder. Extant wear data from [4] and [14].<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Ancestral feeding state of ruminants reconsidered: earliest grazing adaptation claims a mixed condition for Cervidae"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/13</p><p>BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008;8():13-13.</p><p>Published online 18 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2270802.</p><p>