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What animals have opposable thumbs?

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As we saw in the case of apes earlier, even monkeys use their thumbs to grasp tree branches and pick up things. Other animals that sport opposable thumbs include opossums, giant pandas, koala, and even some species of arboreal frogs. read more

I had a cat many years ago, named Tuppence by her mother’s human, who had opposable thumbs. She was also polydactyl. She actually passed the trait down to her offspring, but some bad recessive got in there, too. read more

Other animals with opposable thumbs (Wikipedia) Apart from humans, many animals, primates and others, also have some kind of opposable thumb or toe: read more

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