CHAP. IX.J 



TEETH I FELID^E. 



225 



*2S4. F. fontanieri (see No. 290) : anterior premolar of right lower jaw- 

 has additional talon on internal and anterior surface (Fig. 47). This 



B 



FIG. 47. Felis fontanieri, No. 284. 



A. The normal anterior prernolar of the left lower jaw. B. The corresponding 

 tooth of the right side from above. C. The same from the lingual side. 



portion has a separate root, and stands somewhat apart from rest of 

 crown, looking like a partially separated tooth. B. M., 90. 7. 8. 1. 



Duplicate Teeth. 



285. F- tigris: on right side, two canines in the same socket, both of 

 large size, the anterior being the smaller; neither is a milk-tooth. 

 Mus. Odont. Soc. 



286. F. domestica : having a large supernumerary tooth in each 

 upper jaw. The extra tooth was in each case a small but accurate 

 copy of the carnassial tooth (Fig. 48) of its own side. In each 



FIG. 48. The teeth in upper jaw of Cat, No. 286. 



case the extra tooth stood internally to the carnassial tooth, ex- 

 tending from the level of the middle of the carnassial tooth to 

 the level of the middle of the molar. B. M., 83. 3. 10. 1. 

 287. Specimen having a tooth in the upper jaw closely resembling the 

 second premolar ("p 3 " auctt.} internal to and between it and the 

 carnassial. The internal tooth is slightly smaller than the second pre- 

 molar 1 (Fig. 49). C. S. M., 414. 



1 In this case, it is not possible to say strictly that either of the two teeth " is" 

 the normal second premolar, rather than the other. 



B. 15 



