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  2. Rabbit - Wikipedia

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    A specimen of the skeletal articulations of rabbit's hind limbs in the Pacific Lutheran University natural history collection. The anatomy of rabbits' hind limbs is structurally similar to that of other land mammals and contributes to their specialized form of locomotion.

  3. Comparative foot morphology - Wikipedia

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    Skeletons of a human and an elephant. Comparative foot morphology involves comparing the form of distal limb structures of a variety of terrestrial vertebrates.Understanding the role that the foot plays for each type of organism must take account of the differences in body type, foot shape, arrangement of structures, loading conditions and other variables.

  4. Lagomorpha - Wikipedia

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    Rabbits and hares move by jumping, pushing off with their strong hind legs and using their forelimbs to soften the impact on landing. Pikas lack certain skeletal modifications present in leporids , such as a highly arched skull, an upright posture of the head, strong hind limbs and pelvic girdle, and long limbs. [ 19 ]

  5. Actin - Wikipedia

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    Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils.It is found in essentially all eukaryotic cells, where it may be present at a concentration of over 100 μM; its mass is roughly 42 kDa, with a diameter of 4 to 7 nm.

  6. Leporidae - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of Alaskan Hare on display at the Museum of Osteology. Leporidae (/ l ə ˈ p ɔː r ɪ d iː,-d aɪ /) is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word Leporidae means "those that resemble lepus" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

  7. Digitigrade - Wikipedia

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    There are structural differences between the limb anatomy of plantigrades, unguligrades, and digitigrades. Digitigrade and unguligrade animals have relatively long carpals and tarsals, and the bones which correspond to the human ankle are thus set much higher in the limb than in a human. In a digitigrade animal, this effectively lengthens the ...

  8. Caudal vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    Caudal vertebrae are the vertebrae of the tail in many vertebrates. In birds, the last few caudal vertebrae fuse into the pygostyle, and in apes, including humans, the caudal vertebrae are fused into the coccyx.

  9. Amami rabbit - Wikipedia

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    The generic name Pentalagus, as described by Marcus Ward Lyon Jr., refers to the presence of five molars on each side of the Amami rabbit's teeth, differing from each other extant then-known rabbit genera in that it lacks a third upper molar. [7] The specific name furnessi refers to the original discoverer of the Amami rabbit, William Henry ...