Editing Prehensile tail (section)

{{Short description|Tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects}}
[[File:Howler monkey tail (60097).jpg|thumb|The prehensile-tail of a [[mantled howler]] monkey]]
A '''prehensile tail''' is the tail of an animal that has [[Adaptation (biology)|adapted]] to grasp or hold objects.<ref name="Flagle1998">{{Cite book | last = Fleagle | first = J. G. | publisher = Academic Press | title = Primate Adaptation and Evolution | edition = 2nd | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-12-260341-9 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/primateadaptatio0000flea/page/172 172] | url = https://archive.org/details/primateadaptatio0000flea/page/172 }}</ref> Fully [[Prehensility|prehensile]] tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects, and in particular to aid arboreal creatures in finding and eating food in the trees. If the tail cannot be used for this it is considered only partially prehensile; such tails are often used to anchor an animal's body to dangle from a [[branch]], or as an aid for climbing. The term ''prehensile'' means "able to grasp" (from the Latin ''prehendere'', to take hold of, to grasp).<ref name="Roze2012">{{Cite book |last=Roze |first=U. |title=Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide |publisher=JHU Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781421407357 |pages=32}}</ref>