Table 4. Microwear patterns of various muroid rodents.
Taxon | Subfamily | Cusp interlocking | CD (N) | Source | Inferred masticatory grade |
Brachyuromys ramirohitra | Nesomyinae | NO | 41° (1) | P.W. | C |
Cansumys canus | Cricetinae | YES | 65° (2) | P.W. | B |
Eliurus webbi | Nesomyinae | NO | 4°(1) | P.W. | D |
Ichtyomys hydrobates | Sigmodontinae | NO | 77°(1) | P.W. | B |
Macrotarsomys bastardi | Nesomyinae | NO | 36°(1) | P.W. | B |
Megacricetodon gregarius | Cricetodontinae | NO | 44°(3) | P.W. | B |
Neotoma mexicana | Neotomyinae | YES | 5° (1) | P.W. | D |
Otomys tropicalis | Otomyinae (Murinae) | NO | 3° (1) | P.W. | M |
Paracricetodon cadurcense | Paracricetodontinae | NO | 80° (4) | P.W. | B |
Rhagamys orthodon | Murinae | YES | −2° (2) | P.W. | D |
Rhagapodemus sp. | Murinae | NO | 0° (1) | P.W. | M |
Ruscinomys europeus | Cricetodontinae | NO | 55° (3) | P.W. | B |
Spalax leucodon | Spalacinae | YES | 42° (1) | P.W. | C |
Sigmodon hispidus | Sigmodontinae | YES | 28° (2) | P.W. | C |
Stephanomys sp. | Murinae | NO | −1° (4) | P.W. | M |
Typhlomys anereus | Platacanthomyinae | YES | 26° (1) | P.W. | C |
Zygodontomys brevicaudata | Sigmodontinae | NO | 54° (1) | P.W. | B |
Apodemus sylvaticus | Murinae | NO | 0° | Charles et al. (10) | M |
Arvicanthis ansorgei | Murinae | NO | 0° | Charles et al. (10) | M |
Arvicola terrestris | Arvicolinae | YES | 0° | Charles et al. (10) | D |
Calomyscus bailwardi | Calomyscinae | NO | « anterolingual » | Wahlert (20) | B |
Cricetops dormitor | Cricetopinae | NO | «anterolingual» | Wahlert (20) | B |
Cricetus cricetus | Cricetinae | NO | 60° | Charles et al. (10) | B |
Eumys elegans | Eumyinae | NO | 55° | Butler (21) | B |
Gerbillus minutus | Gerbillinae | YES | 0° | Tong (21) | D |
Lophiomys imhausii | Lophiomyinae | NO | «anterolingual» | Wahlert (20) | B |
Holochilus sp. | Sigmodontinae | YES | 15° | Butler (8) | C |
Meriones crassus | Gerbillinae | YES | 0° | Charles et al. (10) | D |
Mesocricetus auratus | Cricetinae | NO | 60° | Charles et al. (10) | B |
Micromys minutus | Murinae | NO | 0° | Charles et al. (10) | M |
Myocricetodon cf. irhoudi | Myocricetodontini | NO | 22° | Tong (21) | B |
Myospalax fontanieri | Myospalacinae | YES | 2° | Charles et al. (10) | D |
Potwarmus thailandicus | Dendromurinae? | NO | 0° | Tong (21) | M |
Protatera sp. | Gerbillinae | YES | 0° | Tong (21) | D |
Saccostomus campestris | Cricetomyinae | YES | 5° | Charles et al. (10) | D |
The subfamily is given for each taxa as well as the occurrence of cusp interlocking, the direction of mastication in degrees (with N the number of measured individuals when realized in the present work) and the occurrence of cusp interlocking measured in the present work (P.W.) or already appearing in other publications. We propose a masticatory grade for each taxa based upon the observation of microwear pattern.