Template:Tammar limbs
The tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii like all macropodid marsupials has large hindlimbs specially adapted for hopping. The digits on the hindlimb are highly modified: digit 1 is never present, but digits 2 and 3 are fused and there is an elongated digit 4.
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Reference
Chew KY, Yu H, Pask AJ, Shaw G & Renfree MB. (2012). HOXA13 and HOXD13 expression during development of the syndactylous digits in the marsupial Macropus eugenii. BMC Dev. Biol. , 12, 2. PMID: 22235805 DOI.
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