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Indeed, researchers have found that raccoon forepaws are mapped onto their cerebral cortex – the outer layer of the brain – in a similar manner as human hands.
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Kelly Lambert,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
Nearly half involved active hunting by squirrels, who usually pounced on a target vole and restrained it with its forepaws and teeth.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
18 Dec. 2024
Startled from its slumber, the tennis ball-sized silky anteater raises its forepaws defensively like a boxer.
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James Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Oct. 2023
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
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Jillian Mock,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2021
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
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Tim Flannery,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Dec. 2020
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Kelly Lambert,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
Nearly half involved active hunting by squirrels, who usually pounced on a target vole and restrained it with its forepaws and teeth.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
18 Dec. 2024
Startled from its slumber, the tennis ball-sized silky anteater raises its forepaws defensively like a boxer.
—
James Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Oct. 2023
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
—
Jillian Mock,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2021
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—
Tim Flannery,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Dec. 2020
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“Forepaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forepaw. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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forepaw
noun
fore·paw
-ˌpȯ 
: the paw of a foreleg
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