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Section: Megadermatidae
Option AOption B
A. There are 3 prominent cusps on the upper canine (the front most tooth on either side of the upper jaw); the smallest of these is on the interior front corner of the tooth.
B. The posterior cusp is set in towards the tongue from a line drawn between the highest point of the canine and the largest cusp on the tooth behind it, and...
C. The posterior cusp on the upper canine is approximately 1/2 as high as the tooth behind the canine.
A. There are 2 prominent cusps on the upper canine (the front most tooth on either side of the upper jaw); there is no cusp on the interior front corner of the tooth.
B. The posterior cusp is along a line drawn between the highest point of the canine and the largest cusp on the tooth behind it, and...
C. The posterior cusp on the upper canine is approximately as high as the tooth behind the canine.

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