Lion Dental Microwear Patterns (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

Lion Dental Microwear Patterns

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Microphotographs of the wear patterns of lion teeth. Two on the top left are from wild-caught lions. Top right is from a captive lion. The two bottom left are from the Tsavo man-eaters. The bottom right is from the Mfuwe man-eater. The microwear patterns on the man-eaters did not show any evidence that they were consuming bones.

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(Larisa DeSantis / Vanderbilt)

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