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  2. Paw - Wikipedia

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    A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws. Common characteristics The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented , keratinised , hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous collagenous and adipose tissue, which make up the pads.

  3. Comparative foot morphology - Wikipedia

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    Dog paw. The paw of the dog has a digitigrade orientation. The vertical columnar orientation of the proximal bones of the limbs, which articulate with distal foot structures that are arranged in quasi-vertical columnar orientation, is well-aligned to transmit loadings during weight-bearing contact of the skeleton with the ground.

  4. Caniformia - Wikipedia

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    Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. [1] The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. The center of diversification for the Caniformia is North America and northern Eurasia.

  5. Pugmark - Wikipedia

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    Pugmark is the term used to refer to the footprint of most animals (especially megafauna). "Pug" means foot in Hindi [1] (Sanskrit पद् "pad"; Greek πούς "poús"). "). Every individual animal species has a distinct pugmark and as such this is used for identifi

  6. 50 Hilarious Great Dane Pics That Prove Just How ... - AOL

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    Image credits: Leanador Being one of the world’s biggest dog breeds, Great Danes are truly mesmerizing and quite unique animals.One of the biggest factors that makes them stand out so much is ...

  7. Digitigrade - Wikipedia

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    Unguligrade animals, such as horses and cattle, walk only on the distal-most tips of their digits. Digitigrade animals walk on their distal and intermediate phalanges; more than one segment of the digit makes contact with the ground, either directly (as in birds) or via paw-pads (as in dogs and cats).

  8. List of canids - Wikipedia

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    Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid; all extant species are a part of a single subfamily, Caninae, and are called canines. They are found on all continents ...

  9. Feliformia - Wikipedia

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    Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia (also Canoidea, "dog-like" carnivorans). [1]