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Ungual tuft information


In mammals, ungual tufts are tufts of hairs at the base of claws of the forefeet and hindfeet. Their presence has been used as a character in cladistic studies of the Cricetidae, a large family of rodents.[1]

  1. ^ Weksler, 2006, p. 19

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Ungual tuft

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In mammals, ungual tufts are tufts of hairs at the base of claws of the forefeet and hindfeet. Their presence has been used as a character in cladistic...

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Tuft

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specific tufts of feathers on a bird, for example a pectoral tuft Ungual tufts, groups of hairs at the base of an animal's claws Toe tuft, on cats Ear tuft, fur...

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Phalanx bone

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apical tuft (or ungual tuberosity/process) which covers a larger portion of the phalanx on the volar side than on the dorsal side. Two lateral ungual spines...

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Oryzomys

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underparts white to buff. The animals have broad feet with reduced or absent ungual tufts of hair around the claws and, in at least some species, with webbing...

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Oryzomys couesi

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hindfeet show some specializations for life in the water, such as reduced ungual tufts of hair around the digits. It has 56 chromosomes. There is much geographic...

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Marsh rice rat

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as are the ungual tufts, but small interdigital webs are present. The Florida Keys form, P. o. argentatus, has even more reduced ungual tufts. Many of these...

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Drymoreomys

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covered with brown fur, and there is white or silvery fur on the digits. Ungual tufts (fur around the bases of the claws) are present on the second through...

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Eremoryzomys

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5 in), E. polius has gray fur and short ears. There are well-developed ungual tufts of hair on the hindfeet. Females have eight mammae. The rostrum (front...

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Thomasomys ucucha

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and feet) of the hands and feet are covered with dark hairs, but the ungual tufts at the bases of the claws consist of longer, gray hairs. The fifth digit...

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Transandinomys bolivaris

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 talamancae. The forearms are dark gray. The forefeet are unpigmented and ungual tufts of white hairs surround the equally unpigmented claws. The animal has...

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Euryoryzomys emmonsae

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pads on the plantar surface, but the hypothenar is reduced. The ungual tufts, tufts of hair which surround the bases of the claws, are well-developed...

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Oryzomys gorgasi

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surface of the metatarsus is naked. Two of the pads are very small. Ungual tufts, tufts of hair at the bases of the claws, are poorly developed. Interdigital...

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Malagasy mountain mouse

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hairs on the upper sides of the metapodials and digits, and long ungual tuftstufts of hair surrounding the bases of the claws—are present. The thumb...

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Northern voalavo

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The digits and metapodials are mostly covered by white hairs. Short ungual tufts of hairs surrounding the bases of the claws are present. There are five...

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Akodon spegazzinii

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 simulator. The color of the feet ranges from white and yellow-brown to gray. Ungual tufts of hairs cover the claws; these hairs are grayish-brown at the bases...

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Transandinomys

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(external ear) is large. On the hindfeet, which are long and narrow, ungual tufts of hairs surround the bases of the toes. In T. bolivaris, the sole usually...

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Transandinomys talamancae

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longer than in T. bolivaris. The digits of the hindfeet are surrounded by ungual tufts of silvery hair that are longer than the claws themselves. The claws...

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List of Latin words with English derivatives

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Perseus Search Engine/Word study tool". perseus.tufts.edu. "The Old Perseus Latin morphology tool". perseus.tufts.edu. "6,000 English Words With Latin Origins...

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List of skin conditions

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(Delleman–Oorthuys syndrome) Oculodentodigital dysplasia Odonto–Tricho–Ungual–Digital–Palmar syndrome Oliver–McFarlane syndrome Orofaciodigital syndrome...

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Enantiornithes

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undercoat of down. One fossil of Enantiornithes shows wing-like feather tufts on its legs, similar to Archaeopteryx. The leg feathers are also reminiscent...

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