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====Primates==== [[Primate]] nails consist of the unguis alone, as the subunguis has disappeared. With the evolution of grasping hands and feet, claws are no longer necessary for locomotion, and instead most digits exhibit [[nail (anatomy)|nail]]s. However, claw-like nails are found in small-bodied [[callitrichids]] on all digits except the [[hallux]] or big toe. A laterally flattened [[grooming claw]], used for grooming, can be found on the second toe in living [[Strepsirrhini|strepsirrhines]], and the second and third in [[tarsiers]]. [[Aye-aye]]s have functional claws on all other digits except the hallux, including a grooming claw on the second toe.<ref name="Soligo">{{Cite journal | last1 = Soligo | first1 = C. | last2 = Mรผller | first2 = A. E. | doi = 10.1006/jhev.1998.0263 | title = Nails and claws in primate evolution | journal = Journal of Human Evolution | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 97โ114 | year = 1999 | pmid = 9924135}}</ref> Less commonly known, a grooming claw is also found on the second pedal digit of [[night monkey]]s (''Aotus''), [[titi]]s (''Callicebus''), and possibly other [[New World monkey]]s.<ref name=Maiolino>{{Cite journal | last1 = Maiolino | first1 = S. | last2 = Boyer | first2 = D. M. | last3 = Rosenberger | first3 = A. | doi = 10.1002/ar.21498 | title = Morphological Correlates of the Grooming Claw in Distal Phalanges of Platyrrhines and Other Primates: A Preliminary Study | journal = The Anatomical Record | volume = 294 | issue = 12 | pages = 1975โ1990 | year = 2011 | pmid = 22042603| doi-access = }}</ref>
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