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Carn****ials are
paired upper and
lower teeth modified in such a way as to
allow enlarged and
often self-sharpening
edges to p**** by each
other in a shearing...
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upper carn****ial) that is only used for cutting. They use
their molars for
grinding except for the
lower first molar m1 (the
lower carn****ial) that has...
- borophagines, with both
groups having a
bicuspid (two points) on the
lower carn****ial talonid,
which gives this
tooth an
additional ability in mastication....
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presence of the
carn****ial teeth, but the
nature of the
carn****ial teeth is
different between the two groups. In
carnivorans the
carn****ials are positioned...
- (African wild dog). The
crushing role of the post-
carn****ial molars is reduced. The
lower carn****ial (m1) of
Speothos lacks the entoconid,
creating a trenchant...
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rostrums (snouts) than caniforms,
fewer teeth, and more
specialized carn****ials.
Feliforms tend to be more
carnivorous and are
generally ambush hunters...
- blade-like
teeth especially adapted for
slicing and
chopping called carn****ials. A
general term for such blade-like
teeth is
secodont or plagiaulacoid...
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Location of a dog's
carn****ials; the
inside of the 4th
upper premolar aligns with the
outside of the 1st
lower molar,
working like
scissor blades....
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largest subspecies; it has
rather pale fur and
bears large molars and
carn****ials. The
Great Plains from Alberta, Manitoba, and
Saskatchewan south to New...
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incisors are small;
biting off meat is done with the
canines and the
carn****ials. In elephants, the
upper incisors are
modified into
curved tusks (unlike...
