Tail

In vertebrates is a tail (Latin cauda; Greek ουρά ) with the muscles, tendons, skin and possibly skin (or scales or feathers ) clothed rear end of the spine, in which the intestines do not extend into it. In some vertebrates, it is long and consists of many, another by muscles often to a large degree movable vertebrae ( for example, the winding and prehensile tail of many primates), in others it is short and stubby -shaped, sometimes broad and flat ( beavers, whales), in some it is missing completely (people, adult frogs). In some people, however, a stump of a tail is present as an atavism.

Feline animals use both the tail to balance as well as for communication.

From the Latin name cauda the essential location name comes in the anatomy of caudal or caudal (, tail forward ' ) located from. The Greek name is ουρά also be used in veterinary medicine; For example, the concept of Brachyury.

In the hunter language there for the tail of certain animals of special terms, for example, flower in hares and rabbits, foxes and martens in fuse, Pürzel in the wild boar, standard with fox and wolf, deer and roe deer in Wedel. Impact is the sum of the tail feathers in birds tail. As a tail is called the tail of the horse, consisting of of the tail and long hair. In dogs, the tail is called the tail.

In some mammals scent glands are formed at the tail, as the Violdrüse at predators or Kaudaldrüse in guinea pigs.