alleryWhich type of teeth is completely absent in the rabbit, leaving a gap called the diastema?
AIncisors
BMolars
CPremolars
DCanines
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Canines
1. The rabbit dental formula shows zero canines in both jaws.
2. Canines are therefore absent in the rabbit.
3. The gap left between the incisors and premolars is the diastema.
4. Incisors and molars are present in the rabbit, so those options are wrong.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 13 Structural Organisation of Animals "Dentition in Rabbit", p.201_
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