ossiphagous

English

Adjective

ossiphagous (not comparable)

1. Exhibiting ossiphagy
   • 1999, C Stefen, “Enamel microstructure of recent and fossil Canidae (Carnivora: Mammalia)”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:

     The data suggest a correlation between HSB type and feeding type, especially of zigzag HSB with ossiphagous feeding.

   • 1999, “With the exception of the Geiseltal, in each fauna at least one ossiphagous taxon was present.”, in Geobios:
   • 2010, Borja Figueirido, Juan A. Pérez-Claros, Vanessa Torregrosa, Alberto Martín-Serra, Paul Palmqvist, “Demythologizing Arctodus simus, the 'short-faced' long-legged and predaceous bear that never was”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 30, number 1:

     Felids are represented by 17 extant species, which cover nearly two orders of magnitude in body size, and hyaenids include the three ossiphagous species of this family.

   • 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Werdelin [103 ] distinguishes two morphotypes among ossiphageous carnivores: the bone-crackers (e.g., spotted hyaenas), which break bones with their premolars, and bone-crushers (e.g., wolves) that break bones with their post-carnassial molars.