- and the need to mani****te food.
Appendages that can
become prehensile include:
Prehensility affords animals a
great natural advantage in mani****ting 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...
- The
prehensile-tailed
porcupines or
coendous (genus Coendou) are
found in
Central and
South America. Two
other formerly recognized Neotropical tree porcupine...
- 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
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
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...
- 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...
