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COMPAEATIVE DENTAL ANATOMY 



of the cats, but is modified for seizing and tearing 

 the necks of animals for blood-sucking. 



Fig. 59. — Teeth of Badger (Taxidea americana) . 



The Ursidce — the Bears — have the formula, — 



. 3-3 1-1 4-4 2-2 AO 



'•55 c - w p - m - p m ■ m = 42 - 



The teeth are still further modified from those of 



Fig. 60. — Teeth of Bear (Ursus americanus). 



the dog, to adapt them to a still more mixed diet 

 (Fig. 60). The incisors are notched on the edge; 



