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- noun Plural form of
hindlimb . Alternative spelling ofhind limbs .
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Surprisingly, elephants use their forelimbs and hindlimbs in similar braking and propulsive roles, not dividing these functions among limbs as was previously assumed or as in other quadrupeds.
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Surprisingly, elephants use their forelimbs and hindlimbs in similar braking and propulsive roles, not dividing these functions among limbs as was previously assumed or as in other quadrupeds.
tingilinde: 2010
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Pygopodidae – members of the family are named Legless lizards due to their absent forelimbs and greatly reduced hindlimbs.
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According to the standard phylogenetic tree, whales are known to be the descendants of terrestrial mammals that had hindlimbs.
Luskin, Haeckel, Richardson, Richards - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Thus, we expect the possibility that rare mutant whales might occasionally develop atavistic hindlimbs.
Luskin, Haeckel, Richardson, Richards - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The forelimbs and hindlimbs are nearly equal in length.
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In fact, there are many cases where whales have been found with rudimentary atavistic hindlimbs in the wild see Figure 2.2.1; for reviews see Berzin 1972, pp. 65-67 and Hall 1984, pp.
Luskin, Haeckel, Richardson, Richards - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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In rhamphorhynchoids, the hindlimbs were connected at the ankle by a large cruropatagium, so bipedality is out of the question.
Life's Time Capsule: Questions about Pterosaurs #1 Peter Bond 2009
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Langston [17], Wellnhofer [24] and Chatterjee and Templin [16] reconstructed azhdarchids with narrow brachiopatagia extending to the top of the hindlimbs, whereas Frey et al. [74] suggested that the membrane extended to the ankle, forming a much broader wing.
Life's Time Capsule: Questions about Pterosaurs #1 Peter Bond 2009
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The way the animal holds its long hindlimbs (referring here to the photo showing the animal from behind) and the suggestion of a patagium now make sense, and the unusual curving shape of the long tail matches the tail posture reported for giant flying squirrels (Meijaard et al. 2006, p. 321) and is unlike that of viverrids and other carnivorans.
That’s no mystery carnivore (part II)… it’s a giant squirrel! Darren Naish 2007
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