142 COMPAEATIVE DENTAL ANATOMY 



Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Lynx, and other cats. The 

 usual dental formula is, — 



. 3-3 1-1 3-3 0-0 OQ 



'• 3^ c - n p - m - 2^ m - n = 28 - 



The incisors are small, rounded and tuberculate. 

 The canines are highly developed, being very 

 long, strong, and deeply implanted (Fig. 51). 

 They are conical, or may be compressed and 



Fig. 51. — Teeth of Mountain Lion. Side View. 



saber-shaped with serrated edges as in the saber- 

 toothed, extinct Cave-tiger or the Clouded Tiger 

 of India. The lower canine is well developed 

 (Fig. 52), and closes in front of the upper into a 

 space between it and the lateral, called the dias- 

 tema. The first premolar is usually small, of a 

 blunt, conical or triconodont in form. The sec- 

 ond is larger, with a sub-compressed conical 

 crown and a posterior bilobed basal tubercle. 



