| 1. | In dense forests, a prehensile tail enables better tree to tree movement.
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| 2. | The prehensile tail is predominantly a New World adaptation, especially among mammals.
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| 3. | One point of interest is the distribution of animals with prehensile tails.
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| 4. | Many species from this group, which includes seahorses and pipefish, have prehensile tails.
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| 5. | Their semi-prehensile tails are not strong enough to support a mature adult's weight.
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| 6. | This image shows the prehensile tail utilized in reproduction by the male seahorse.
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| 7. | The curled, prehensile tail is a distinctive characteristic of the common spotted cuscus.
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| 8. | These are sharp with dark tips, and uniformly sized on the prehensile tail.
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| 9. | Many mammals with prehensile tails will have a bare patch to aid gripping.
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| 10. | Some species of pipefish have prehensile tails, as in seahorses.
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