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. 2015 Jun 2;36(8):3213–3226. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22842

Table 1.

Animal feature descriptions including feature pairs rated highly similar

Habitat feature descriptions Diet feature descriptions
Lived in swamps encircled by trees Swallowed mud containing vegetation
Lived within the rainforest canopy Swallowed small seeds and nuts
Lived around and between steep hills Sucked large berries into its mouth
Lived around water in ice caverns Ate eel meat with serrated teeth
Lived near beaches in caves Ate crab meat with sharp teeth
Lived on grasslands around mountains Ate rabbit meat with its sharp beak
Lived in its large and shallow burrow Chewed on grass with flat teeth
Lived in its very large tree nest Chewed on tree fruits with small teeth
The four pairs of habitat features rated highly similar
Lived around and between steep hills graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g007.jpg Lived on grasslands around mountains
Lived within the rainforest canopy graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g008.jpg Lived in its very large tree nest
Lived around water in ice caverns graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g009.jpg Lived near beaches in caves
Lived near beaches in caves graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g010.jpg Lived in its large and shallow burrow
The four pairs of diet features rated highly similar
Swallowed small seeds and nuts graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g011.jpg Sucked large berries into its mouth
Ate eel meat with serrated teeth graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g012.jpg Ate crab meat with sharp teeth
Swallowed mud containing vegetation graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g013.jpg Swallowed small seeds and nuts
Chewed on grass with flat teeth graphic file with name HBM-36-3213-g014.jpg Chewed on tree fruits with small teeth