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Table 3 Summary of microwear discriminant analysis.

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

Classification rate

82.10%

 

Predicted group

Original Group

FB

LB

SM

NSM

G

 

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Fruit browser – FB

2(66.7)

1(33.3)

   

Leaf browser – LB

2(28.6)

5(71.4)

   

Seasonal mixed feeder – SM

1(14.3)

 

6(85.7)

  

Non seasonal mixed feeder – NSM

   

4(100)

 

Grazer – G

  

1 (14.3)

 

6(85.7)

Fossil specimens

 

2(15.4)

7(53.8)

1(7.7)

3(23.1)

P. ginsburgi average

  

1(100)

  
  1. Microwear discriminant analysis based on scratch and pit densities.
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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