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  2. List of animals by number of legs - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] Animals have been selected so that each number from 0 to 55 leg pairs has one example listed. Each of these examples is listed by a number closely associated with the relevant taxon, either because that number is the one most commonly observed in that taxon or because it is one of only a few numbers recorded for the taxon.

  3. Camelidae - Wikipedia

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    Because of this, camelids have to lie down by resting on their knees with their legs tucked underneath their bodies. [1] They have three-chambered stomachs, rather than four-chambered ones; their upper lips are split in two, with each part separately mobile; and, uniquely among mammals, their red blood cells are elliptical. [2]

  4. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    Tardigrade anatomy [3]. Tardigrades have a short plump body with four pairs of hollow unjointed legs. Most range from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in) in length, although the largest species may reach 1.3 mm (0.051 in).

  5. Artiodactyl - Wikipedia

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    Their fore stomach has fermentation carried out by microbes and has high levels of volatile fatty acid; it has been proposed that their complex fore-stomach is a means to slow digestive passage and increase digestive efficiency. [34] Hippopotamuses have three-chambered stomachs and do not ruminate.

  6. Understanding the Sixth Sense of the Platypus - AOL

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    A platypus bill has three different types of receptor cells that allow the mammal to detect movement, and also the electric fields produced by the small creatures it hunts.

  7. Tripedalism - Wikipedia

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    Four-legged animals such as dogs sometimes lose limbs and become artificially tripedal. There are some three-legged creatures in the world today, namely four-legged animals (such as pet dogs and cats) which have had one limb amputated. With proper medical treatment most of these injured animals can go on to live fairly normal lives, despite ...

  8. Llama - Wikipedia

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    Llama Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range Synonyms Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758 The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a ...

  9. What is 450 pounds, has 16 legs and is black, white and gray ...

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    Sunshine is one of three great Danes available for adoption at Scituate Animal Shelter. Tato is a 3-year-old great Dane weighing 117 pounds. Tato "gets along with just about anyone," although he ...