BMC Ecology and Evolution

Table 2 Estimated size and dental lifespans based on wear rates in selected living ruminants.

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

	P. ginsburgi	Capreolus	Rangifer	Gazella	Syncerus	Bison
(a)	23.92
(b)	13.98
(c)		22.99	8.25	4.66	3.74	2.08
(d)		browser	mixed	mixed	mixed	grazer

Body mass; kg (a), mass-based life span; yrs (b), dental life span; yrs (c), conservative feeding style (d). Data from [31].

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