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Kupczik, K., & Stynder, D. (2012). Tooth root morphology as an indicator for dietary specialization in carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105(2), 456-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01779.x

This article focuses on the relationship between tooth morphology and carnivores. It discussed the many different diets of carnivores and how most are not fully meat eaters. I feel that the Wikipedia article needs to include this information. This is a peer-reviewed article and has no known biases.

Meiri, S., Dayan, T., & Simberloff, D. (2005). Variability and Correlations in Carnivore Crania and Dentition. Functional Ecology, 19(2), 337-343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3599309?sid=primo 

This paper gives a detailed overview of carnivore carnassial tooth morphology and how it pertains to the diet of each animal.

Pérez-Ramos, A., Kupczik, K., Van Heteren, A., Rabeder, G., Grandal-D'Anglade, A., Pastor, F.,. Figueirido, B. (2019). A three-dimensional analysis of tooth-root morphology in living bears and implications for feeding behavior in the extinct cave bear. Historical Biology, 31(4), 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2018.1525366

This paper specifically focuses on bear tooth morphology. Originally, the Wikipedia article had only mentioned canids as an example of carnivorous dentition. I will be using this to diversify the examples to include some species that do not only eat meat.