Table 2. Stage of tooth eruption in the mandible and maxilla of the Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus).
| Age | Number of | Maxilla | Mandible | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individualsa) | Samplesb) | dP2 | dP3 | P3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | dP2 | dP3 | P3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | |
| 12m−1y2m | 3 | 7 | ○ | ○ | △ | ○ | −/△ | ○ | ○ | △ | ○ | - / △ | ||||
| R: 5/2 | R: 5/2 | |||||||||||||||
| L: 5/2 | L: 5/2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1y8m−2y10m | 11 | 13 | ○/▽/− | ○/ − | △/○ | ○ | ○ | △ | ○/ − | ○/ △/ − | △/○ | ○ | ○ | - /△ | ||
| R: 4/8/1 | R: 13/0 | R: 12/1 | R: 12/1 | R: 4/7/2 | R: 11/2 | R: 2/11 | ||||||||||
| L: 5/8/0 | L: 11/2 | L: 11/2 | L: 12/1 | L: 4/9/0 | L: 13/0 | L: 2/11 | ||||||||||
| 3y1m−4y4m | 6 | 17 | - | ○/− | △/○/− | ○ | ○ | ○ | −/△ | ○/ − | ▽ / − | △/ ○/ − | ○ | ○ | ○ | - /△ |
| R: 6/11 | R: 0/15/2 | R: 1/16 | R: 0/17 | R: 0/17 | R: 0/15/2 | R: 2/15 | ||||||||||
| L: 13/4 | L: 11/3/3 | L: 2/15 | L: 5/12 | L: 5/12 | L: 6/11/0 | L: 2/15 | ||||||||||
| 4y7m −5y6m | 4 | 34 | - | - | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △/○ | - | - | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| R: 19/15 | ||||||||||||||||
| L: 19/15 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7y4m−10y9m | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | ○/ − | ○ | ○ | ○ | - | - | - | ○ / − | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| R: 2/2 | R: 2/2 | |||||||||||||||
| L: 2/2 | L: 2/2 | |||||||||||||||
○: erupted; △: emerged in the bone (not erupted); ▽: sheding; -: absent. a) The number of the examined kangaroos. b) The frequency of imaging. m: month; y: year; R: right side; L: left side. No.14 was categorized in both 1y8m−2y10m and 3y1m−4y4m.