Do animals other than humans have unique fingerprints?

The only animals aside from humans that have the same types of fingerprints are gorillas, chimpanzees and koalas. Now, the first two don't come as ... These days, fingerprints only seem to be useful for identifying criminals, but in our evolutionary past, they served a very different purpose. read more

Even if other species do not have fingerprints, they do have identifying features. Some animals, such as other species of phalanger, have fingerprint-like ridges on their tails. Animals with hairless snouts, such as pigs and dogs, have unique nose prints. read more

Animal Fingerprints. As of now, the only animals aside from humans that have the same types of fingerprints are gorillas, chimpanzees and koalas. Now, the first two don’t come as much of a surprise, given our primate ancestry, but koalas seem to stick out like a sore thumb on that list. They are marsupials, and haven’t shared a common ancestor in more than 70 million years. read more