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==Examples== {{prose|section|date=October 2018}} Appendages that can become prehensile include: {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Hand]]s and<br/>[[feet]] |colspan=2| * The [[hand]]s of [[primate]]s are all prehensile to varying degrees * The front [[paws]] of [[raccoon]]s and many of [[Procyonidae|their relatives]] are prehensile. * The [[feet]] of [[passerine]] birds can be prehensile : |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Prehensile tail|Tails]] |colspan=2| * [[New World monkey]]s have [[prehensile tail]]s * [[Prehensile tail|Tails]] of many extant [[lizard]]s ([[gecko]]s, [[chameleon]]s, and a species of [[skink]]) are prehensile * [[Seahorse]]s grip seaweed with their tails. * Several [[fossil]] animals have been interpreted as having prehensile tails, including several [[Late Triassic]] [[drepanosaur]]s,<ref name="renesto2010">{{cite journal |last1=Silvio Renesto |first1=Justin A. |last2=Spielmann |first2=Spencer G. Lucas |first3=Giorgio Tarditi |last3=Spagnoli |year=2010 |title=The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha) |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=46 |pages=1–81}}</ref> and possibly the [[Late Permian]] [[synapsid]] ''[[Suminia]]''.<ref name="frobisch2009">{{cite journal |first1=Jörg |last1=Fröbisch |first2=Robert R. |last2=Reisz |year=2009 |title=The Late Permian herbivore ''Suminia'' and the early evolution of arboreality in terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=276 |issue=1673 |pages=3611–3618 |edition=Online first |doi=10.1098/rspb.2009.0911|pmid=19640883 |pmc=2817304 }}</ref> : |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Tongue]] | * [[Giraffe]]s' tongues in particular are prehensile * Some other [[ungulates]]' tongues are also prehensile to a lesser extent : |rowspan=3| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Nose]] | * The noses of [[elephant]]s and [[tapir]]s are prehensile : |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Lip]] or lips | * [[Lip]]s of [[lake sturgeon]], [[orangutan]]s, [[horse]]s, and [[Rhinoceros|rhinos]] * Upper lip of the [[West Indian manatee]] : |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Tentacle]]s |colspan=2| * [[Cephalopod limb|Arms]] of [[octopus]]es, [[squid]], and the [[cirrus (biology)|cirri]] of [[nautilus]]es * To a limited extent, the [[tentacle]]s of [[sea anemone]]s, [[Hydra (genus)|hydra]], and a few other invertebrates can grasp and move objects : |}
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