and the need to manipulate food. Appendages that can become prehensile include: Prehensility affords animals a great natural advantage in manipulating their...

it is only used in climbing and dangling. Other reasons for partial prehensility might include the lack of strength or flexibility in the tail, or simply...

only monkeys with prehensile tails—in comparison with the shorter, non-grasping tails of the anthropoids of the Old World. Prehensility has evolved at least...

The prehensile-tailed porcupines or coendous (genus Coendou) are found in Central and South America. Two other formerly recognized Neotropical tree porcupine...

The prehensile-tailed hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in forests on Cuba. It is the only member of the genus...

The Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata), also known as prehensile-tailed skink, monkey-tailed skink, giant skink, zebra skink, and monkey skink, is...

as tree porcupines, silky anteaters, spider monkeys, and possums, use prehensile tails to grasp branches. In the spider monkey, the tip of the tail has...

The Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (Rattus morotaiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Halmahera Islands of Indonesia...

building shaped like a griffin. The Giant Purple Griffin had a mane of prehensile tentacles that could be used to grasp at opponents. During an operation...

The prehensile-tailed rat (Pogonomys mollipilosus) is a species of rodent that can be found in New Guinea and Australia; it occurs in the tropical rainforest...