The combination of rounded, blunt cusps and high relief and two dietary classifications (conservative and radical) alternately as a grouping variable was used in this study (Table 4).
The percentages of cusp shape and occlusal relief are close to those of the Indian monsoon forest Cervus duvauceli, Axis axis, Cervus unicolor and Tetracerus quadricornis and to the African Ourebia ourebi conservative mixed feeders [ 4].
The mesowear signal seen in P. ginsburgi is characterised by the predominance of round cusps (75%) and high relief (92.5%) and also by significant proportions of sharp (13.75%) and blunt (11.25%) cusps (Table 1, Fig. 2B).
The sharpness and relief of the worn cusp apices of teeth (mesowear) are a measure of dietary abrasion.
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Occlusal relief (characterized as either high or low) and the cusp shape (characterized as either sharp, rounded, or blunt) of the apex of the paracone and metacone of the M M(n = 14) and the metaconid and entoconid of the m1 m3 (n = 26) were examined by the naked eye (and occasionally using a stereomicroscope Olympus SZ11) and qualitatively scored.
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Number of individuals measured (N); hypsodonty index (HI); standard deviation [SD]; hypsodonty category (Hcat); scratches per mm2 (S); pits per mm2 (P); percentage of individuals with high (%H) and low (%L) mesowear relief; percentage of individuals with sharp (%S), rounded (%R) and blunt (%B) cusps.
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