Paw

The paw also includes a horn-like, beak shaped claw on each digit. Though usually hairless, certain animals do have fur on the soles of their paws. An example is the red panda, whose furry soles help insulate them in their snowy habitat.

Animals with paws

• toe tufts
• Canids, such as dogs and foxes
• Rabbits and other lagomorphs have paws with very sharp nails and have no pads underneath them
• Bears and raccoons
• Weasels and other mustelids
• Rodents

Gallery

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  An American brown bear's paws.
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  A polar bear's paws.
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  A dog's paw resting on a hard concrete surface
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  Structures of the leg and paw of a dog.
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  A wolf's paws
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  A tiger's paw, showing pads
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  A cat's paw, showing pads.
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  Structures of the paw of a cat.
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  A rabbit's foot.
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  The hind paws of a Japanese hare.
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  A red panda's paw, showing the absence of paw pads.
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  The paw of a yellow-throated marten.
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  The forepaw of a European badger.
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  Front paw of European hamster

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animal feet.

• Claw
• Digitigrade

References

Bibliography

• Maine Coon Polydactyl International