Tail facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
German Pinscher
A dog with a raised tail

A tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body. Most animals have tails, like cats, dogs, whales, fish, cheetahs, and monkeys.

Images for kids

  • Cub Stalks Tail

    A lion's tail

  • Alopex lagopus IMG 9019

    Vulpes lagopus (Arctic fox) sleeping with its tail wrapped as a blanket.

  • Pig tail DSC03974

    Pig (Sus domestica)

  • Queue glyptodon museum dijo

    Glyptodon (Glyptodon asper)

  • Lactoria cornuta (cola).006 - Aquarium Finisterrae

    Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)

  • La Palmyre 041-crop

    Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi)

  • Alligator Tail

    American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis)

  • Flusspferd Backstage

    Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)


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