Brachydont tooth Hypsodont tooth
Animal Diversity Web discussion on Cheek Teeth
Correction: Not all Hypsodont teeth are perennially growing. All are ‘high crowned’, with minimal roots- an adaptation to consumption of abrasive foods.
Brachydont- extensive roots, low crown.
Optimization of FO: Forelimb
TalpidaeScapanus orarius: Pacific Mole
GeomyidaeThomomys talpoides: Northern
Pocket Gopher