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All animals' teeth depend on what they eat, because different teeth have different functions. I speak for mammals here.
All mammals have canine teeth. 'Canine' means dog, so these are essentially dog teeth. They are so named because dogs are members of the family Canidae, one of the dominant carnivorous families. All carnivores (meat eaters) and most omnivores (eat meat and plants) have large, prominent, well-developed canine teeth, to rip, tear and cut meat. Big cats, bears, and stoats/weasels etc. also have large canine teeth.
All mammals have canines, but in herbivores, they are small and often flattened. Humans have canine teeth. Even horses have canine teeth - the small bony projection in the middle of the diastema is called a wolf tooth, and it was often believed that knocking out the wolf tooth improved a 'bad doer' or young horse that did not gain weight, was weak or scraggly.
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∙ 11y agoPredatory/Carnivorous animals have canine teeth. Any animal that is naturally supposed to eat meat (not just some source of protein) will more than likely have some/all canine teeth.
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Do carnivores have rounded teeth?
Most herbivores don't have canine teeth. Horses do.
What kind of teeth do carnivores have?
Carnivores have canine teeth
What teeth are herbivores missing?
Herbivores are sometimes missing the canine teeth.
Do pygmy marmosets have teeth and if so how many?
They have teeth: they have small canine teeth and LARGE incisors
What kind of teeth do omnivores have?
A combination of incisors, canines and molars.
What animal that have canine teeth?
Dogs.
Piercing and tearing teeth?
your canine tooth is the tearing tooth just the same for any animal.
Are canine teeth transitional teeth?
You can call canine teeth transitional teeth. They are what you consider to be baby teeth, a child will pull their canine teeth between the ages of 6 and 11, and permanent canine teeth will grow.
What animal has the largest canine teeth?
tigers or leopardIt is actually the clouded leopard.
Do carnivores have rounded teeth?
Most herbivores don't have canine teeth. Horses do.
What is the dentition for animals with canine teeth?
Carnivores, the meat eaters of the animal world, have very defined canine teeth for tearing meat also combined with a sometimes limited number of molars
What kind of teeth do carnivores have?
Carnivores have canine teeth
What is the name of your canine teeth?
The canine teeth, also called cuspids, dog teeth, fangs, or eye teeth. Usually the term canine teeth is used but rarely cuspids.
What is the another name for your canine teeth?
It is called teeth but the front sharp teeth are called canine teeth and other animals have canine teeth too.
What do they use their canine teeth for?
They are shaped like a dogs teeth and so they are called canine teeth
What dinosaurs have canine teeth?
Canine teeth are unique to mammals and our ancestors, therapsids. Other creatures, including dinosaurs, never had canine teeth.
How do canine teeth help the cow to eat grass?
Cows do not have canine teeth.
