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terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso. With
reference to quadrupeds, the term
hindleg or back leg is
often used instead. In
bipedal animals with an
upright posture...
- The
backswimmer Notonecta glauca underwater,
showing its paddle-like
hindleg adaptation...
- the knee. In many four-legged
animals the
femur is the
upper bone of the
hindleg. The top of the
femur fits into a
socket in the
pelvis called the hip joint...
- nesting, food storage, and
other activities. They use
their fore- and
hindlegs, as well as
their snouts and teeth, for digging. In the wild, the burrow...
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nondescript and
variable brown, the
hindlegs a
little bigger than the forelegs,
allowing it to
stand semi-crouched on
hindlegs and tail,
rather like a tiny squirrel...
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Vestigial hindlegs (spurs) in a boa constrictor...
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lungs are
quickly formed.
Front legs are
formed under the gill sac, and
hindlegs are
visible a few days later.
Following that
there is
usually a longer...
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gliding membranes,
known as patagia,
which extend from its
forelegs to its
hindlegs.
Gliding serves as an
efficient means of
reaching food and
evading predators...
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shorter on the
muzzle and ears as well as the
fronts of the
forelegs and the
hindlegs. A ruff of
longer fur is
around the dog's neck. It has a
pointed muzzle...
- Like all bears,
brown bears can
stand on
their hindlegs and walk for a few
steps in this position,
usually motivated to do so by curiosity,
hunger or alarm...
