What Is Lophodont Teeth?
Lophodont Teeth Have Elongated Ridges Called Lophs That Run Between Cusps. Lophs May Be Oriented Antero-Posteriorally, or They Run Between Labial and Lingual...
Lophodont teeth have elongated ridges called lophs that run between cusps. Lophs may be oriented antero-posteriorally, or they run between labial and lingual parts of the tooth. The molars and premolars of tapir (Tapiridae), manatees (Trichechidae), and many rodents are lophodont.
What do you mean by lophodont?
: having or constituting molar teeth with transverse ridges on the grinding surface — compare bunodont.
What animals have lophodont teeth?
occurrence in horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses
…of this kind are called lophodont. Lower molars typically have two transverse lophs, the protoloph and the metaloph.
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