High-level browser

FIGURE 15,3 Trees 1.1 and 1.2 and distribution of ungulates in two partial representations of the pattern characterizing the omnivores, revealed by both trees. Herb herbivores (open circles) Omn omnivores (black circles) Prxi P. xiphodonticus (cross) semi-omnivores (grey circles) high-level browsers (dotted circles) rings tapirs. 

FIGURE 15.6 Distribution of ungulates in four partial representations of the pattern characterizing high-level browsers. Open circles non-high-level browsers and selective feeders dotted circles high-level browsers cross P. xiphodonticus Amcl Ammodorcas clarkei. 

FIGURE 15.7 Trees 5.1 and 5.2 for the automated recognition of the feeding adaptations of ungulates. Br typical browsers HBr high-level browsers Obr browsers from non-forested habitats Omn omnivores SF selective feeders MC mixed feeders from forested habitats. 

High-level browsers are mainly different from other types of browsers and selective feeders in having an elongated jaw. Prosthennops xiphodonticus shows this morphological trait very clearly. All these patterns show a high robusmess, so their high capacity of discrimination can be considered as a good estimate of their predictive accuracy over new species, such as the extinct ones. 

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