Cheetah skull with long sharp canines

3D Model

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) skull, showing their long sharp canine teeth, which are used to deliver suffocating throat bites.

Background image from Sutirta Budiman via Unsplash.

Model created by Assoc. Prof. Justin Adams at the Centre for Human Anatomy Education (Monash University) using an Artec Space Spider. Animated in Blender by Dr David Hocking.

Specimen Number: MU-IMP 401 (Adams Integrated Morphology and Palaeontology Laboratory, Monash University).

For more information please visit the Evans EvoMorph Lab website.