caudal appendage

Since the Revolution the animal has conquered in this country "toutes les liberties," excepting that of wearing an entire tail, for in many districts it is the fashion to cut the caudal appendage short.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

In the animal's body, the most obvious distinctive character is the uniarticulate caudal appendage.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin

What would a monkey do without this caudal appendage and its prehensile quality?

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

Even man has a caudal appendage at an early stage of his existence.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

For the first time I appreciated why a fox has such a light, long, fluffy caudal appendage.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope