Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution ...

Proboscidea Stegodontidae Stegodon sp. Stegodon orientalis 6.30 5.54 extinct 7
Rodentia Muridae Dipodomys ingens group clade 1.90 1.69 extant
Rodentia Muridae Dipodomys merriami group clade 1.63 1.58 extant
Rodentia Muridae Microtus montebelli Microtus oeconomus 1.63 1.60 extant
Rodentia Muridae Microtus sachalinensis Microtus mongolicus 1.44 1.65 extant
Rodentia Muridae Pithecheir melanurus Pithecheir parvus 2.03 2.03 extant
Rodentia Muridae Vandeleuria nolthenii Vandeleuria oleracea 1.00 1.75 extant
Rodentia Muridae Volemys kikuchii Volemys musseri 1.63 1.67 extant
Rodentia Myoxidae Glirulus japonicus Myoxus glis 2.10 1.28 extant
Rodentia Myoxidae Muscardinus malatestai Muscardinus avellanarius 1.44 1.63 extinct 8
Rodentia Sciuridae Aeromys thomasi Aeromys tephromelas 3.10 3.16 extant
Rodentia Sciuridae Callosciurus caniceps group clade 2.49 2.44 extant
Rodentia Sciuridae Hylopetes spp. clade 2.21 1.94 extant
Rodentia Sciuridae Pteromys momonga Pteromys volans 2.20 2.23 extant
Rodentia Sciuridae Sciurus lis clade 2.37 2.45 extant
Scandentia Tupaiidae Dendrogale melanura Dendrogale murina 1.70 1.78 extant
Scandentia Tupaiidae Urogale everetti Anathana ellioti 2.20 2.54 extant
Xenarthra Megalonychidae Megalonychina
clade 5.78 5.18 extinct 9
Notes
1, Sinomegaceros is close to Megaloceros. Therefore it has been placed as a sister species to the clade containing Dama (fallow
deer) according to Lister et al. (2005) The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus. Nature, 438, 850‐
3.