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BADGERMeles meles
Typical mustelid dentition
OTTERLutra lutra
A more specialised mustelid adapted to catching live prey
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HORSEEquus caballus
It’s all about processing grass
Diastema between incisors and premolars
Big molariformpremolars
NB canine tooth – this is a male horse
HORSEEquus caballus
Deciduous premolars 2-4
Permanent molars 1 & 2
Unerupted molar 3
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CATTLEBos sp.
P2 P3 P4 M1 M2 M3
I1 I2 I3 C
CATTLEBos sp.
Note the absence of upper incisors, which is typical of cattle, sheep, goats, deer, antelopes, gazelles … and other artiodactyls
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BATChiroptera
Teeth for crushing and piercing insect prey
KANGAROOMacropus sp.
Note the functional similarities to other herbivores – big diastema, infolded enamel on big, grinding molars