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ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 



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MacJiairodvs 



VI 



Cuvler JJe 



Honiologies of Teetli. 



all seems fitting and sym- 

 metrical, save that the little 

 tubercular, m i, above has no 

 opponent in the lower jaw. 

 And, perhaps, the close ob- 

 server might notice that, 

 whilst the upper canine, c, 

 glides behind its hoinotype 

 below, the first upper false 

 molar, p 2, passes anterior 

 to the crown of the first false 

 molar, p 3, below ; and that 

 the second false molar, p 3, 

 and carnassial, p 4, of the 

 upper jaw are also a little 

 in advance of those teeth, 

 p 4, m i, in the under jaw, 

 when the mouth is shut. 



In passing to the denti- 

 tion of the Dog, ib. in. 

 C 'nnis , formalised by Cu- 

 vier as t fausses molaires |, 

 carnassieres -f, tuberculeu- 

 ses %=\^ } it will be ob- 

 served that here the first 

 upper false molar, p i, 

 differs from the first, p 2, in 

 Felis, inasmuch as, when 

 the mouth is shut, it pre- 

 serves the same relative 

 position to its opponent 

 below, p i, in in., which 

 the upper canine does to the 

 lower canine, and that the 

 same may be said of the 

 second and the third false 

 molars ; but that, with re- 

 gard to the carnassial above, 

 p 4, this tooth repeats the 

 same relative position in 

 regard to the fourth false 



1 cxxi". p. 95. 



