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Table 4 Summary of mesowear discriminant analyses.

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

 

A

B

C

Classification rate

56.90%

76.70%

74.40%

 

Predicted group

Predicted group

Predicted group

Original Group

FB

LB

M

G

LB

M

G

LB

M

G

 

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Fruit browser – FB

3(42.9)

 

4(57.1)

       

Leaf browser – LB

 

7(77.8)

2(22.2)

 

7(77.8)

2(22.2)

 

8(61.5)

5(38.5)

 

Mixed feeder – M

7(29.2)

3(12.5)

12(50.0)

2(8.3)

3(13.0)

17(73.9)

3(13.0)

2(15.4)

9(69.2)

2(15.4)

Grazer – G

4(36.4)

  

7(63.6)

 

2(18.2)

9(81.8)

 

2(11.8)

15(88.2)

P. ginsburgi average

1(100)

    

1(100)

   

1(100)

  1. Mesowear discriminant analyses for the conservative with "mabra" (A) and for both the conservative (B) and the radical (C) dietary classifications without "mabra".
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