The great apes, including the gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, and orangutan, and lesser apes called gibbons, all have opposable thumbs. In fact, they take opposable digits a step further – the big toe of the foot is opposable as well!

Do any animals have opposable thumbs?

primates. … lemurs and lorises have an opposable thumb. Primates are not alone in having grasping feet, but as these occur in many other arboreal mammals (e.g., squirrels and opossums), and as most present-day primates are arboreal, this characteristic suggests that they evolved from an ancestor that was arboreal.

Do all primates have opposable claws?

Some primates do have claws, but even among these there is a flat nail on the big toe (hallux). … Not all primates have similarly dextrous hands; only the catarrhines (Old World monkeys, apes, and humans) and a few of the lemurs and lorises have an opposable thumb.