{"id":148731,"date":"2022-07-11T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:40:58","slug":"does-every-animal-have-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/","title":{"rendered":"Does every animal have tail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Does_every_animal_have_tail\" title=\"Does every animal have tail?\">Does every animal have tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#What_rodent_does_not_have_a_tail\" title=\"What rodent does not have a tail?\">What rodent does not have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_all_mammals_have_tails\" title=\"Do all mammals have tails?\">Do all mammals have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_bears_tails\" title=\"Do bears tails?\">Do bears tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_gorillas_have_a_tail\" title=\"Do gorillas have a tail?\">Do gorillas have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_any_animals_not_have_tails\" title=\"Do any animals not have tails?\">Do any animals not have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Does_every_mammal_have_a_tail\" title=\"Does every mammal have a tail?\">Does every mammal have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Can_a_human_have_a_tail\" title=\"Can a human have a tail?\">Can a human have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#What_animal_looks_like_a_mouse_with_no_tail\" title=\"What animal looks like a mouse with no tail?\">What animal looks like a mouse with no tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Which_animal_has_no_tail\" title=\"Which animal has no tail?\">Which animal has no tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_some_rats_have_no_tails\" title=\"Do some rats have no tails?\">Do some rats have no tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Does_a_shrew_have_a_tail\" title=\"Does a shrew have a tail?\">Does a shrew have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#What_mammals_dont_have_tails\" title=\"What mammals dont have tails?\">What mammals dont have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_all_animals_in_the_world_have_tails\" title=\"Do all animals in the world have tails?\">Do all animals in the world have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#What_mammal_has_a_tail\" title=\"What mammal has a tail?\">What mammal has a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_bears_wag_their_tail\" title=\"Do bears wag their tail?\">Do bears wag their tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#How_long_are_bears_tails\" title=\"How long are bears tails?\">How long are bears tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Why_do_gorillas_not_have_tails\" title=\"Why do gorillas not have tails?\">Why do gorillas not have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_apes_and_gorillas_have_tails\" title=\"Do apes and gorillas have tails?\">Do apes and gorillas have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Does_any_ape_have_a_tail\" title=\"Does any ape have a tail?\">Does any ape have a tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_gorillas_have_tail_bones\" title=\"Do gorillas have tail bones?\">Do gorillas have tail bones?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#What_animal_do_not_have_tails\" title=\"What animal do not have tails?\">What animal do not have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_all_animals_have_tails\" title=\"Do all animals have tails?\">Do all animals have tails?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_all_apes_have_no_tail\" title=\"Do all apes have no tail?\">Do all apes have no tail?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-every-animal-have-tail\/#Do_all_mammal_have_tails\" title=\"Do all mammal have tails?\">Do all mammal have tails?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_every_animal_have_tail\"><\/span>Does every animal have tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A: <b>Most vertebrate animals do indeed have obvious tails, whereas some major animal groups are unequivocally tailless creatures. Shellfish, snails and starfish come to mind. Many insects also have tails, although the anatomical origin is not an extension of the spine as in vertebrates.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_rodent_does_not_have_a_tail\"><\/span>What rodent does not have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>guinea pigs<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_all_mammals_have_tails\"><\/span>Do all mammals have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A tail is a flexible appendage to the torso. The tail is also regarded as the hindmost part of an animal, especially if the tail points out from the rest of the body. What is this? <b>Almost all mammals have a tail<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_bears_tails\"><\/span>Do bears tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Yes, bears have tails. Some bears have a tail you can see just by observing the animal as it walks around. Other types of bears have a tail, but it cant be seen unless youre looking at an X-ray of the animals skeleton. The tail of a bear is known as a vestigial tail.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_gorillas_have_a_tail\"><\/span>Do gorillas have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Gorillas, unlike monkeys, <b>do not have tails.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_any_animals_not_have_tails\"><\/span>Do any animals not have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most of invertebrate animals, such as <b>insects, spiders, and worms (which make up a major portion of the kingdom Animalia), dont have a tail.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_every_mammal_have_a_tail\"><\/span>Does every mammal have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Almost all mammals have a tail. The tail can be short, curled, or long. Tails have evolved for specific purposes depending on the animal.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_a_human_have_a_tail\"><\/span>Can a human have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Human tails are a rare entity. The birth of a baby with a tail can cause tremendous psychological disturbance to the parents. They are usually classified as true and pseudo tails. [1] Tails are usually associated with occult spinal dysraphism.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_looks_like_a_mouse_with_no_tail\"><\/span>What animal looks like a mouse with no tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Voles are commonly known as meadow or field mice, and belong to the rodent family. Accumulated vole damage is apparent when populations are high.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_animal_has_no_tail\"><\/span>Which animal has no tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most birds, mammals, reptiles, and even fish have tails. But humans and other apes dont, even though our close primate relatives do. Thats because while most mammals use their tails for balance, we dont walk on four legs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_some_rats_have_no_tails\"><\/span>Do some rats have no tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Does Every Rat Have a Tail? Most rats have tails, but <b>there is a rare genetic mutation that results in a few individuals being tailless. This mutation is linked to other abnormalities and often results in a rat that only lives for a few days.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_a_shrew_have_a_tail\"><\/span>Does a shrew have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Description: Common shrews are tricoloured: dark brown on the back, pale brown at the sides and whitish underneath, dense velvety fur, with a long pointed nose, tiny eyes, small ears and red teeth. Size: 48-80mm, <b>tail 24-44mm; tail less than 3\/4 length of head and body<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_mammals_dont_have_tails\"><\/span>What mammals dont have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Humans belong to a group called the <b>great apes, and along with chimps, gorillas and orang-utans, none of us have tails. The lesser apes like gibbons dont have tails either and they give us a clue as to how not having a tail can be an advantage.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_all_animals_in_the_world_have_tails\"><\/span>Do all animals in the world have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most of invertebrate animals, such as <b>insects, spiders, and worms (which make up a major portion of the kingdom Animalia), dont have a tail.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_mammal_has_a_tail\"><\/span>What mammal has a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A: <b>Most vertebrate animals do indeed have obvious tails, whereas some major animal groups are unequivocally tailless creatures. Shellfish, snails and starfish come to mind. Many insects also have tails, although the anatomical origin is not an extension of the spine as in vertebrates.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_bears_wag_their_tail\"><\/span>Do bears wag their tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Generally, bears live their lives as if they had no tail at all. They dont need long tails because they dont use their tails to communicate or for balance. <b>They dont even wag their tails when they get excited<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_are_bears_tails\"><\/span>How long are bears tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bears<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_gorillas_not_have_tails\"><\/span>Why do gorillas not have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite the presence of some classic monkey-like features in these fossil apes, the key to understanding why apes lost their tails is that tail loss didnt happen on its own<b>it actually evolved within a suite of other physical traits, heralding a major change in how these animals moved and interacted with their <\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_apes_and_gorillas_have_tails\"><\/span>Do apes and gorillas have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Humans belong to a group called the great apes, and along with chimps, gorillas and orang-utans, <b>none of us have tails. The lesser apes like gibbons dont have tails either and they give us a clue as to how not having a tail can be an advantage.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_any_ape_have_a_tail\"><\/span>Does any ape have a tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Almost all monkeys have tails; <b>apes do not.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_gorillas_have_tail_bones\"><\/span>Do gorillas have tail bones?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yet, as you get closer to humans on the evolutionary tree, tails disappear. <b>Gorillas dont have them. And neither do chimps or any other ape  including us, of course.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_animal_do_not_have_tails\"><\/span>What animal do not have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most of invertebrate animals, such as <b>insects, spiders, and worms (which make up a major portion of the kingdom Animalia), dont have a tail.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_all_animals_have_tails\"><\/span>Do all animals have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A: <b>Most vertebrate animals do indeed have obvious tails, whereas some major animal groups are unequivocally tailless creatures. Shellfish, snails and starfish come to mind. Many insects also have tails, although the anatomical origin is not an extension of the spine as in vertebrates.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_all_apes_have_no_tail\"><\/span>Do all apes have no tail?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Today most living primates, such as lemurs and almost all monkeys, still have tails. But <b>when apes appeared in the fossil record, about 20 million years ago, they had no tail at all<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_all_mammal_have_tails\"><\/span>Do all mammal have tails?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Almost all mammals have a tail. The tail can be short, curled, or long. Tails have evolved for specific purposes depending on the animal.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Does every animal have tail?What rodent does not have a tail?Do all mammals have tails?Do bears tails?Do gorillas have a tail?Do any animals not have tails?Does every mammal have a tail?Can a human have a tail?What animal looks like a mouse with no tail?Which animal has no tail?Do some rats have no&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}