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  2. Carnassial - Wikipedia

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    The inside of the fourth upper pre-molar closely passes by the outer surface of the first lower molar, thus allowing the sharp cusps of the carnassial teeth to slice through meat. The length and size of the carnassial teeth vary between species, taking into account factors such as: [19] the size of the carnivorous animal

  3. Evolution of the wolf - Wikipedia

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    Carnivorans possess a common arrangement of teeth called carnassials, in which the first lower molar and the last upper premolar possess blade-like enamel crowns that act similar to a pair of shears for cutting meat. This dental arrangement has been modified by adaptation over the past 60 million years for diets composed of meat, for crushing ...

  4. Iberian wolf - Wikipedia

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    Some Spanish naturalists and conservationists such as Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente called for the end of the hunting and the protection of the animal. Today, the hunting of wolves is banned in Portugal, and in Spain since 2021. [29] The 2003 census estimated the total Iberian population to be 2,000 wolves. [30]

  5. Wolf tooth - Wikipedia

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    Wolf teeth are small, peg-like horse teeth, which sit just in front of (or rostral to) the first cheek teeth of horses and other equids. They are vestigial first premolars , [ 1 ] and the first cheek tooth is referred to as the second premolar even when wolf teeth are not present.

  6. Subspecies of Canis lupus - Wikipedia

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    The wolves of the Iberian peninsula have morphologically distinct features from other Eurasian wolves and each are considered by their researchers to represent their own subspecies. [ 134 ] [ 135 ] The taxonomic reference Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition, 2005) does not recognize Canis lupus signatus ; however, NCBI / Genbank does list it.

  7. African wolf - Wikipedia

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    Encounters with Ethiopian wolves are usually antagonistic, with Ethiopian wolves dominating African wolves if the latter enter their territories, and vice versa. Although African wolves are inefficient rodent hunters and thus not in direct competition with Ethiopian wolves, it is likely that heavy human persecution prevents the former from ...

  8. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    This is not sharp; the gap between the functions is everywhere at least 1. Among the exponential functions of the form α x, setting α = e 2/e = 2.0870652... results in a sharp upper bound; the slightly smaller choice α = 2 fails to produce an upper bound, since then α 3 = 8 < 3 2. In applied fields the word "tight" is often used with the ...

  9. Mammal tooth - Wikipedia

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    The number of teeth and their function can vary widely between species, with some dolphins having over a hundred teeth in their jaws, while the narwhal has two functional teeth in its upper jaw which grow into long tusks in males. The tusk is used in feeding, navigation and mating and contains millions of sensory pathways, making it the most ...