Excerpt from Description of New Rodents and Discussion of the Origin of Dæmonelix
The superior incisors are comparatively as large and strong as those of the recent beaver; anteriorly the broad and flat surface is covered with a heavy coating of enamel, which forms rather sharp angular edges laterally. The rounded lateral and posterior faces have no enamel. The antero-posterior diameter is as great as the transverse. The chisel-shaped gnawing portions of the teeth are long and terminate anteriorly in a broad sharp edge.
The superior grinding teeth are rather small in comparison with the size of the skull. They gradually decrease in size from pi to mi. Their position is nearly parallel with the long axis of the skull, and they are placed about midway between the anterior and posterior extremities of the skull.
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