Animals That Have More Than 4 Legs

Mammals have at most 4 appendages so theres no real room for more than two arms please ignore clever rodents and flying squirrels.

Animals that have more than 4 legs. Birds and humans have 2 legs but 4 limbs Most mammals reptiles amphibians have 4 legs. Has longer back legs than front legs. Most reptiles have 4 legs with the exception of sea turtles which have flippers and snakes.

Im thinking of creating an alien ecosystem with relatively large vertebrate-like creatures larger than insects and with some kind of. Illustrations of fantasy creatures often depict some mammal with more than 4 limbs like Apa the flying bison. Many commonly known animals limbs usually number between 0 and 10.

For example a non-exhaustive list. Most amphibians have 4 legs except caecilians. Insects and crustaceans have more than four legs.

But why are there no mammals with more than 4 limbs. Other creatures such as insects can have more limbs but those creatures tend to be small. Typically snakes have no legs anymore.

There are slight exceptions though as some lineages have lost their legs. The tail is anatomically quite different from human legs says Donelan. Most animals with legs dont have four of them.

Mammals are those animals that have some of the 10 characteristics listed above. Members of Bipedidae have 2 legs. The giant armadillo is the largest armadillo species and they have up to a dozen or more hinged bands to protect their body.