Feeding ecology and morphology of the up
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Per Christiansen
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The morphology and mechanical strength of the upper canines in all eight extant species of ursids is analyzed, and the findings are discussed in relation to feeding ecology. Ursids have proportionally smaller canines than other large carnivores with a specialized feeding ecology, such a