Unusual tooth wear in elk at Glacier National Park, Montana

Authors

Keith Shaw, Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

An unusual wear pattern in the cheek teeth of elk-wapiti, in which the third premolars and first molars of the upper jaw wear excessively into corresponding teeth in the lower jaw, was found in a Glacier National Park, Montana, elk skull. This unusual wear pattern was previously reported from elk of the Yellowstone-Jackson, Wyoming, herd.

Recommended Citation

Shaw, Keith (1981) "Unusual tooth wear in elk at Glacier National Park, Montana," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 41: No. 3, Article 18.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol41/iss3/18