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Dictionary » P » Prehensile Prehensileprehensile Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. Origin: L. Prehensus, p. P. Of prehendere to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. To prae = before) _ hendere (in comp), akin to E. Get: cf. F. Prehensile. See Get, and cf. Prison, Prize. ![]()
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Results from our forumAnalysis: Corucia ssp. integrades ?... Corucia zebrata alfredschmidti (underlined) described and named (Kohler, 1997) represent the two subspecies of Corucia zebrata (underlined) - the prehensile tailed monkey skink. The common monkey skink (Corucia zebrata zebrata) hails from the larger islands of the Solomon archipelago southeast ...
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Animal Name Game!It is omnivorous I would like to amend a previous statement: Its tail is SEMI-prehensile
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Measurements on Near Term Corucia Fetus... would seem to indicate that the tail length accelerates quicker in growth towards the end of the gestation period. References: Coburn, John; 1985. Prehensile tailed skinks. T.F.H. Publications Inc. Neptune City, New Jersey. 64 pages DeVosjoli, Phillippe; 1993. The general care and maintainence ...
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