Evidence of correlated evolution of hypsodonty and exceptional longevity in endemic insular mammals

by Xavier Jordana, Nekane Marín-Moratalla, Daniel DeMiguel, Thomas M. Kaiser, and Meike Köhler

Proceedings BVolume 279(1741):3339-3346

August 22, 2012

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Bivariate diagrams based on discriminant analyses.

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Regression of molar crown height on age estimated from counts of cementum annuli.

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Longevity plotted against body mass for 115 species of bovidae with individual body masses ranging from 2.5 (Madoqua piacentinii) to 929.5 kg (Bubalus bubalis).

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Age distribution of M. balearicus from right mandibles in two sites of Majorca.

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Semilogarithmic plots of survivorship curves of M. balearicus and extant bovids populations, the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the Gaur (Bos gaurus), the Dall sheep (Ovis dalli) and the

Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus).

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