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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...
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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...
- borophagines, with both
groups having a
bicuspid (two points) on the
lower carn****ial talonid,
which gives this
tooth an
additional ability in mastication....
- (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...
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share with the Carnivora, and many
other predatory mammal clades, the
carn****ial shear, a scissors-like
modification of
upper and
lower ch****
teeth that...
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transversely set, much
smaller than the
upper carn****ial, and much
wider than it is long, so that the
upper carn****ial is
nearly at the
posterior end of the upper...
- south-central China. The
skulls of the five type
specimens had
shorter carn****ials and
molars than
tigers from India, a
smaller cranium,
orbits set closer...
- have
small vertebrae. The
premolar and
first molar together compose the
carn****ial pair on each side of the mouth,
which efficiently shears meat into small...
