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The 18 pages that link to Claw, each with the reason it gives.

• BurrowingRelated: Claws can loosen and move substrate during limb-driven digging.

• FossorialityRelated: Broad, strong claws can act as excavation tools in scratch-digging species.

• ArborealityRelated: Claws can provide traction on bark and help animals climb.

• American black bearRelated: Its strong, nonretractile claws help it climb, dig, and handle food.

• ColugoRelated: Colugo claws help it grip tree bark while climbing and resting.

• MegatheriumRelated: Its large claws may have helped grasp vegetation and provide defense.

• Tree-kangarooRelated: Tree-kangaroo claws provide purchase on bark during ascent and descent.

• Sun bearRelated: The sun bear's long claws help it climb and open tree trunks for insects.

• NuthatchRelated: Strong claws help nuthatches hold onto trunks while moving in multiple directions.

• TamanduaRelated: Powerful foreclaws open insect nests and can also deter predators.

• ChalicotheriidaeRelated: Chalicotheres retained claws where most perissodactyls evolved hooves.

• Crab louseRelated: Its enlarged claws grip coarse hairs, helping it remain attached.

• Pygmy marmosetRelated: Claw-like nails help pygmy marmosets cling to trunks while feeding.

• TaeniodontaRelated: Strong forelimb claws supported the digging abilities inferred for some taeniodonts.