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. 2024 Oct 13;14(10):e70214. doi: 10.1002/ece3.70214

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

The carnassial relative blade length (RBL) trait. (a) The RBL calculation is based on the ratio of the trigonid blade length (BL) divided by the total length of the m1 tooth (m1L). (b) Carnivorans with diets that extend beyond vertebrate prey, such as coyotes (Canis latrans), have a smaller relative blade length. (c) Obligate carnivores, such as cats, have an m1 composed exclusively of the trigonid blade. (d) Rank‐order plot showing the RBL values of the species in our dataset color‐coded based on the percent of vertebrate prey associated with the species in Elton Traits 1.0 (Wilman et al., 2014). Diets with a higher proportion of vertebrate prey tend to have higher RBL values.