Prehensile Tails

A prehensile tail is one that can be used for grasping (typically the branches of a tree, or other vegetation).

Wikipedia lists several mammals that have fully prehensile tails: many new world monkeys, most anteaters (including the tree pangolin, which is not a true anteater), the binturong (a.k.a. bearcat), the kinkajou, certain new world porcupines, and ... the harvest mouse. It also lists several that have partly prehensile tails – including rats. None of the others is found in Europe.

There is also one fish that has a prehensile tail: the seahorse.

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