Rabbits also have only 28 teeth – two fewer than cats and 12 fewer than dogs.
Behind their prehensile (grasping) lips, rabbits have four incisors – two on top and two on the bottom.
Behind the top incisors are two little “peg teeth”..
Rabbits are unique in that they have 4 maxillary incisors (101, 102, 201, and 202) and 2 mandibular incisors (301 and 401) (FIGURE 1).
Two of the maxillary incisors (102 and 202) are significantly smaller and are called the peg teeth.
The peg teeth are located directly behind the larger set of 2 incisors (101 and 201)..
If you have a rabbit with overgrown molars, the problem can be more serious.
The molar teeth have points that can cause pain when chewing and if this happens, your rabbit will stop eating.
Trimming your rabbits' molars is more difficult than trimming their incisors..
Rabbits do not have canine teeth, but do have three pairs of premolars on the maxilla, two pairs of premolars on the mandible, and three pairs of molars on the maxilla and also on the mandible.Jan 15, 2016.
Rabbit teeth are designed for chomping and chewing.
Rabbits are herbivores, which means that they'll never have to tear meat or gnaw bones.
So instead of the sharp canines that are found in the mouths of cats and dogs, they have a combination of incisors, molars, and premolars..
Rabbit's teeth are present on both of the jaws.
Teeth are heterodont as it has different types of teeth.
Incisors - Canines -.
Rabbits and rodents both have easily visible front teeth (incisors) plus premolars and molars in the back of the mouth, called cheek teeth, for grinding and chewing.
Unlike rodents, however, lagomorphs have two small, tube-shaped incisors, called peg teeth, which are located behind the large upper incisors..
All rabbit teeth grow continuously throughout the rabbit’s lifetime
The four larger incisor teeth are used to grasp, tear, and slice, while the “cheek teeth” are used to grind and chomp
When at rest, the tips of the lower incisors are normally positioned between the maxillary first incisors and the peg teeth
The cheek teeth of the rabbit: morphology, histology and development
Histological study on the postnatal development and sequence of eruption of the mandibular cheek-teeth of rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Levels of complexity in the microstructure of mammalian enamel and their application in studies of systematics
The dental formula of the rabbit is 2 (I 2/1, C 0/0, PM 3/2, M 3/3) =28
The lack of canine teeth creates an elongated diastema between the incisors and premolars
Rabbit mouths exhibit anisognathism, which means that their lower jaw is narrow when compared to the upper
