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![The sabre-tooth [[water deer]] of China is often called the vampire deer due to the exceptionally long canine teeth in the males.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hydropotes inermis male - cropped image.png?width=200 "The sabre-tooth [[water deer]] of China is often called the vampire deer due to the exceptionally long canine teeth in the males.")
![Unerupted permanent teeth underlie the [[deciduous teeth]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gray1001.png?width=200 "Unerupted permanent teeth underlie the [[deciduous teeth]].")
Definition
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In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dog teeth, or (in the context of the upper jaw) fangs, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth. They can appear more flattened however, causing them to resemble incisors and leading them to be called incisiform. They developed and are used primarily for firmly holding food in order to tear it apart, and occasionally as weapons. They are often the largest teeth in a mammal's mouth. Individuals of most species that develop them normally have four, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, separated within each jaw by incisors; humans and dogs are examples. In most species, canines are the anterior-most teeth in the maxillary bone.
The four canines in humans are the two maxillary canines and the two mandibular canines.
