Preliminary data on the diet and habitat preferences of Capromeryx mexicana (Mammalia: Antilocapridae) from the late Pleistocene of Cedral, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

We inferred the diet and habitat preferences of three individuals of the dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx mexicana from Cedral, Mexico, using stable isotope analysis and the mesowear method. Both approaches showed that the individuals were C3/C4 mixed feeders which inhabited open forest. These results dif...

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Published in:The Southwestern naturalist 2016-06, Vol.61 (2), p.152-155
Main Authors: Pérez-Crespo, Víctor Adrián, Barrón-Ortiz, Christian R, Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquín, Morales-Puente, Pedro, Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Edith, Otero, Francisco J
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antilocapridae
Carbon
Diet
Grasses
Grasslands
Horses
Mammalia
Paleontology
Studies
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Summary:We inferred the diet and habitat preferences of three individuals of the dwarf pronghorn Capromeryx mexicana from Cedral, Mexico, using stable isotope analysis and the mesowear method. Both approaches showed that the individuals were C3/C4 mixed feeders which inhabited open forest. These results differ from previous hypotheses that suggested this species only fed on grasses and lived in grasslands.
ISSN:0038-4909
1943-6262
DOI:10.1894/0038-4909-61.2.152