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    The document discusses and compares the skulls and teeth of various mammals including lions, wolves, foxes, bears, badgers, otters, beech martens, rhinoceroses, horses, cattle, red deer, pigs, sheep, beavers, capybaras, bats, kangaroos, and extinct proboscideans. For each mammal, key features of their teeth are highlighted such as carnivorous vs herbivorous styles, full sets of premolars and molars, deciduous vs permanent teeth, similarities to canines or artiodactyls, and adaptations for crushing, piercing or grinding various foods.

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    The document discusses and compares the skulls and teeth of various mammals including lions, wolves, foxes, bears, badgers, otters, beech martens, rhinoceroses, horses, cattle, red deer, pigs, sheep, beavers, capybaras, bats, kangaroos, and extinct proboscideans. For each mammal, key features of their teeth are highlighted such as carnivorous vs herbivorous styles, full sets of premolars and molars, deciduous vs permanent teeth, similarities to canines or artiodactyls, and adaptations for crushing, piercing or grinding various foods.

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    Mammal skulls and teeth

    LION
    Panthera felis

    The reduced
    number of teeth is
    typical of all cats

    LION
    Panthera felis

    WOLF
    Canis lupus

    Note full set of 4 premolars


    and 3 molars in mandible

    P1

    WOLF
    Canis lupus

    P2
    P3
    P4
    M1
    M2
    M3

    FOX
    Vulpes vulpes

    FOX
    Vulpes vulpes

    Note the close similarities


    to wolf and dog

    FOX
    Vulpes vulpes

    DOG
    Canis familiaris

    BEAR
    Ursus arctos

    Teeth less obviously


    carnivorous than
    cats or dogs

    BEAR
    Ursus arctos

    BADGER
    Meles meles

    Typical mustelid dentition

    OTTER
    Lutra lutra

    A more specialised
    mustelid adapted to
    catching live prey

    BEECH MARTEN
    Martes foina

    RHINOCEROS
    Diceros bicornis

    HORSE
    Equus caballus

    NB canine
    tooth this is
    a male horse

    Its all about processing


    grass
    Diastema between
    incisors and premolars
    Big molariform
    premolars

    Deciduous premolars 2-4

    Unerupted molar 3

    Permanent molars 1 & 2

    HORSE
    Equus caballus

    CATTLE
    Bos sp.

    I1 I2 I3 C

    P2 P3 P4

    M1 M2

    M3

    CATTLE
    Bos sp.
    Note the absence of upper
    incisors, which is typical of
    cattle, sheep, goats, deer,
    antelopes, gazelles and
    other artiodactyls

    RED DEER
    Cervus elaphus

    RED DEER
    Cervus elaphus

    10

    RED DEER
    Cervus elaphus

    RED DEER
    Cervus elaphus

    11

    PIG
    Sus scrofa

    Typical omnivore
    dentition, not unlike bear

    PIG
    Sus scrofa

    P1
    P2 P3 P4 M1

    M2

    M3

    12

    PIG
    Sus scrofa

    SHEEP
    Ovis sp.

    P2

    P2

    P3

    P3

    P4

    P4

    13

    BEAVER
    Castor fiber

    CAPYBARA
    Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

    Typical, though huge


    and exotic, rodent

    14

    Teeth for crushing


    and piercing insect
    prey

    BAT
    Chiroptera

    KANGAROO
    Macropus sp.
    Note the functional similarities
    to other herbivores big
    diastema, infolded enamel on
    big, grinding molars

    15

    Stegodon sp

    Two extinct proboscideans

    Stegotetrabelodon

    16

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