. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . lopidce, Ovidce, and Bovidce, which are collectivelydesignated the c hollow-horned ruminants — all present thisformula. It likewise characterises many of the solid-horned ruminants, or the deer tribe( Cervid(e)9the exceptions hav-ing canine teeth in the upperjaw of the male sex, andsometimes also in the females,though they are always smallerin these. The upper canines attaintheir greatest length in theMuntjac (vol. ii. p. 478, , a a) and the small Musk-deer, and especially in thetypical species (Moschus moschiferus, fig. 277.) Thes
. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . lopidce, Ovidce, and Bovidce, which are collectivelydesignated the c hollow-horned ruminants — all present thisformula. It likewise characterises many of the solid-horned ruminants, or the deer tribe( Cervid(e)9the exceptions hav-ing canine teeth in the upperjaw of the male sex, andsometimes also in the females,though they are always smallerin these. The upper canines attaintheir greatest length in theMuntjac (vol. ii. p. 478, , a a) and the small Musk-deer, and especially in thetypical species (Moschus moschiferus, fig. 277.) These teeth, in-deed, in the male Musk, ib. c, present proportions intermediate be-tween those of the upper canines of the Machairodus and of theMorse. The inverse relationship in the development of teeth andhorns, exemplified by the total absence of canines in the Rumi-nants with persistent frontal weapons, by their first appearance 1 The line traverses the Cuvierian dents carnassieres; the interrupted line tra-verses the Blainvillian dents principales. Dentition, Moschus TEETH OF UNGULATA. 349
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