and also by scavenging—eating animals that are already dead. Their skulls match their meat-eating ways. The dental formula of one common species, the striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), is . The skull ...

Our results can be used to predict the dental formula and associated developmental ... "For example, mouse teeth are not replaced during the animal's lifetime, but most other vertebrates have ...

NORMALLY the adult Orycteropus has in each jaw but five teeth, though frequently, especially in young animals ... has been discovered regarding the dental succession.