Profile view of the skull of a tiger, Panthera tigris spp., showing the long, sword-shaped canine teeth on the upper & lower jaws, together with the s

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Profile view of the skull of a tiger, Panthera tigris spp., showing the long, sword-shaped canine teeth on the upper & lower jaws, together with the smaller, front incisor teeth and larger molars (chewing teeth at back of mouth). The front teeth are used to catch & kill prey, meat being removed from a carcass in a tearing action.

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Photo credit: © JAMES STEVENSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anatomy, animal, body, bone, bones, panthera, skull, spp., tiger, tigris