Premolars in cats
This particular skull is typical of a domestic or the European Wildcat.
The small pre-molar located behind the canine is present in most of the thirty-seven species of feline, giving them a total of thirty teeth.
These pre-molars are absent in all the lynx species including the caracal, as well as the serval and cheetah.
In a few species such as the golden cat, these pre-molars are so small that they never erupt and are not visible.
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