A model is presented of the jaw mechanism that relies on the geometrical similarities among mammalian carnivores with carnassial teeth. These similarities, together with estimates of the location of the resultant force of the jaw muscles, allow the model to predict that the mechanical advantage of the jaw lever system is the same in all carnivores with carnassials and, therefore, that the magnitude of the bite force is mainly determined by the absolute amount of jaw musculature.
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Walter Stalker Greaves (1985) studied this question.
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