The _canine_ is of great size; it has a swollen fang, and a long
recurved crown which is much compressed, and has sharp serrated
cutting-edges. The external face is the more convex, the internal has
a well-marked basal ridge, and both are longitudinally striated. The
canine is separated from the premolars by a short diastema.
_Premolars._--The first premolar stands by itself, separated by a
short interval from the second. It is implanted by two fangs, and
has a compressed crown with sharp cutting-edges. It is nearly twice
the size of the corresponding tooth in _Palæosyops_, which is simple
and conical. In the specimen under description there is, besides the
principal lobe of the tooth, a rudimentary anterior lobe which gives
the crown an elongate shape. The basal ridge is shown on the inner
side only. The second premolar has a crown which is oval in section.
The external part consists of two sharp-pointed cusps, separated by
a valley, but confluent at base; while the internal division is a
low ridge (not a pointed cone as in _Palæosyops_) with a tubercle
developed behind it. The basal ridge is marked all around, and sends
up a buttress along the antero-external lobe; as is also the case
in the third and fourth premolars. These are enlarged copies of the
second; but have the internal lobe elevated into a sharp cone, and
showing a much stronger basal ridge and deeper median valley. These
teeth differ in several respects from the premolars of _Palæosyops_.
The crowns are higher and the lobes sharper; the basal ridge is more
distinct, and is not interrupted at the internal cusp; the external
ascending buttress is stronger; and there is no fold between the
external lobes of the fourth.
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