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XV.—On the Occurrence of Functional Teeth in the Upper Jaw of the Sperm Whale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

James Ritchie  and
A. J. H. Edwards
James Ritchie
Affiliation:
Royal Scottish Museum
A. J. H. Edwards
Affiliation:
National Museum of Antiquities
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Writers on mammalian anatomy are united in stating that one of the characteristics of the Cetacean family Physeteridæ is the presence of functional teeth in the lower jaw only. Typical statements are those of Flower and Lydekker (1891): “No functional teeth in the upper jaw”; Beddard (1900): “Teeth found in both jaws, but those of lower jaw alone functional; often very reduced in number”; Turner (1912): “Functional teeth in lower, but not in upper jaw.” A possible exception is the Pigmy Whale, Kogia, in which the upper jaw may altogether lack teeth or may possess an anterior rudimentary pair (as in K. simus, Owen) the utility of which is a matter of some doubt.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 33 , 1914 , pp. 166 - 168
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1914

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