2-410: A paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails. Paw may also refer to: Paw A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal , generally a quadruped , that has claws . The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented , keratinised , hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous collagenous and adipose tissue, which make up the pads. These pads act as
4-447: A cushion for the load-bearing limbs of the animal. The paw consists of the large, heart-shaped metacarpal or palmar pad (forelimb) or metatarsal or plantar pad (rear limb), and generally four load-bearing digital pads, although there can be five or six toes in the case of domestic cats and bears (including giant panda ). A carpal pad is also found on the forelimb which is used for additional traction when stopping or descending
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