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From the following description of teeth pattern, give the likely feeding habit of the animal to which it belongs: incisors, well developed canines, sharply cusped premolars, and reduced numbers of molars.

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An animal with the carnivorous feeding habit has incisors, well-developed canines, sharply cusped premolars and reduced numbers of molars. Such an arrangement of teeth helps the animal bite through flesh efficiently and makes tearing easy.

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Most of the vertebrates have jaws with teeth. The mode of arrangement of teeth on the jaws is called dentition.
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(a) Homodont (b) Isodont (c) Heterodont (d) Acrodont
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Very short answer type.From the following description of teeth pattern, give the likely feeding habit of the animal to which it belongs: incisors, well developed canines, sharply cusped premolars, and reduced numbers of molars.

An animal with the carnivorous feeding habit has incisors, well-developed canines, sharply cusped premolars and reduced numbers of molars. Such an arrangement of teeth helps the animal bite through flesh efficiently and makes tearing easy.

Very short answer type.
From the following description of teeth pattern, give the likely feeding habit of the animal to which it belongs: incisors, well developed canines, sharply cusped premolars, and reduced numbers of molars.