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Brachydont tooth Hypsodont tooth
Animal Diversity Web discussion on Cheek Teeth
Correction: Not all Hypsodont teeth are perennially growing. All are ‘high crowned’, with minimal roots- an adaptation to consumption of abrasive foods.
Brachydont- extensive roots, low crown.
Optimization of FO: Forelimb
TalpidaeScapanus orarius: Pacific Mole
GeomyidaeThomomys talpoides: Northern
Pocket Gopher
Cervids(e.g. Odocoileus)
Optimization of VO: Forelimb
Bovids(e.g. Ovis canadensis)
Equids (e.g. Equus caballus)
Leporids(e.g. Lepus townsendii)
Felids (e.g. Puma concolor) and Canids (e.g. Canis Latrans)