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THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



a tree, with the result that the tree is not 

 killed. 



Like most of the ruminants, the moose has no 

 front teeth in the upper jaw. In addition to the 

 eight sharp-edged incisors in the lower jaw, the 

 moose has a battery of molars which would serve 

 as a model for a pulp mill. These molars easily 



Skull of a Moose 



grind up twigs as thick as a man's finger. The 

 milk teeth in the single line of incisors are narrower 

 and more pointed than the permanent ones. 

 They are gradually replaced, those in the center 

 of the row being the first to give way. 



Little attention has been paid by American 

 naturalists to the subject of the moose's teeth. 

 The author, like most sportsmen, has had scant 

 opportunity to study the teeth of cows, or im- 

 mature bulls, and the published works on zoology 



