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The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in cumin, Cuminum cyminum).
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Perissodactyls have a mesaxonic foot, meaning that the weight is distributed on the third toe on all legs thanks to the plane symmetry of their feet. There has been a reduction of toes from the common ancestor, with the classic example being horses with their single hooves.
The foot (pl.: feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates.It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion.In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate [clarification needed] organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws and/or nails.
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.
Pes of a rodent, Eurasian hamster Cricetus cricetus. The pes (Latin for foot) is the zoological term for the distal portion of the hind limb of tetrapod animals. [1] It is the part of the pentadactyl limb that includes the metatarsals and digits ().
An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped [1] along with the red kangaroo, at 70 km/h (43 mph) [2] [note 1]. Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.
The earliest animals may belong to the genus Dickinsonia, [2] 571 million to 539 million years ago. [3] Individual Dickinsonia typically resemble a bilaterally symmetrical ribbed oval. They kept growing until they were covered with sediment or otherwise killed, [ 4 ] and spent most of their lives with their bodies firmly anchored to the ...