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Pentadactyl limb....

Postby maphd on Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:35 pm

The pentadactyl limb is a characteristic of mammals or primates?????
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Postby maphd on Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:17 pm

Please reply thanks..............
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Postby kiekyon on Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:45 am

mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians

by the way primates are mammals
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Postby maphd on Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:43 am

My question is whether the pentadactyl limb is a characteristic of all mammals or a characteristic of only primates??
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Postby canalon on Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:03 pm

Kiekyon already answered. Use your brain, do some search on the web on the structure of mammal limbs etc.
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Postby kiekyon on Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:40 am

pentadactyl limbs simply means hands or legs...
so it is characteristics of all mammals
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Postby flint on Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:28 am

penta = 5
dactyl = digit (fingers, thumbs, toes)
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