A Common-Cat Skull with Supernumerary Premolar Teeth

Abstract

The skull was one of several prepared from locally collected cats for student study in comparative-anatomy laboratories. The date of its collection was not recorded. The skull appears to be that of a mature animal; it is about 92 mm. long (measured in a straight line) and has well-ankylosed sutures. The extra teeth are a pair of upper and a pair of lower small and simple denticles situated close behind the respective upper and lower canines (see Fig. 1).