Marsupials are even less keen on replacement. They only replace the final premolar on each jaw half. Apart from that, all their other teeth are of the first generation.
* Replacement in this sense means a second tooth erupting at the same position. It doesn't refer to a trick known as delayed eruption. Some mamals, including elephants and kangaroos, have a delayed eruption so molars can appear to take over the function of already worn molars. However, they erupt at a different location and are also first generation teeth.
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