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ANIMALSTRUESOURCEDMost cats have fivetoes on each front pawbut only four on eachback paw.Source: Polydactyl cat (Wikipedia)somanyfacts.com

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Most cats have five toes on each front paw but only four on each back paw.

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Cats with extra toes are called polydactyl. The writer Ernest Hemingway’s house in Key West is still home to dozens of cats, many of them polydactyl descendants of his cat.

Source: Polydactyl cat (Wikipedia)

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