Summary: | FIG. 3. — Histograms of mesowear variables % low (l), % high (h), % sharp (s), % round (r) and % blunt (b). Histograms of Eucladoceros ctenoides Nesti, 1841 (A), Metacervoceros rhenanus Dubois, 1904 (B) and Praemegaceros obscurus Azzaroli, 1953 (C) are based on the data given in Table 1. Comparative histograms are based on published data by Fortelius & Solounias (2000). Redunca redunca (bohor reedbuck) (D), Kobus ellipsiprymnus (common waterbuck) (E), Taurotragus oryx (eland) (F), Cervus unicolor (sambar) (G), Axis porcinus (hog deer) (H), Tragelaphus scriptus (bushbuck) (J), Axis axis (chital) (K), Ourebia ourebi (oribi) (L), Cervus canadensis (wapiti) (M), Cervus duvauceli (barashingha) (N), Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) (O), Alces alces (elk, moose) (P). Letters in centre of graphs indicate dietary trait after Fortelius & Solounias (2000). Abbreviations: G, grazer; M, mixed feeder; B, browser. First character: CONS (conservative) classification; second character (in brackets): RADI (radical) classification after Fortelius & Solounias (2000).
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