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=== Feeding and diet === The spoon-shaped snout tip of ''Moropus'' suggests that it was a browser.<ref name=":7" /> It was suggested by William Diller Matthew that ''Moropus'' used its claws to dig for buried plant matter and water sources,<ref name=":6" /> though as it did not live in an arid environment, this is unlikely.<ref name=":7" /> Russian palaeontologist Alexey Borissiak suggested, based on ''[[Borissiakia]]'' from Kazakhstan, that schizotheriines may have fed bipedally, wedging their front claws into tree bark for support. The middle claw could be driven directly into the bark, while the first and third could be freely moved as necessary.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Borissiak |first=Alexey A. |date=1945 |title=The chalicotheres as a biological type |url=https://ajsonline.org/api/v1/articles/61288-the-chalicotheres-as-a-biological-type.pdf |journal=Amer. Jour. Sci |volume=243 |issue=12 |pages=667β679|doi=10.2475/ajs.243.12.667 |pmid=21004238 |bibcode=1945AmJS..243..667B }}</ref> In 1943, Swiss palaeontologist Samuel Schaub suggested that the related ''[[Ancylotherium]]'' used its forelimbs to pull down vegetation,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schaub |first=Samuel |date=1943 |title=Die Vorderextremitat von Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry und Lartet |journal=Schweizerischen Palaeont. Abhandl |volume=64 |pages=1β36}}</ref> much as in chalicotheriines.<ref name=":7" />
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