caudal appendage

That is to say a larger number of individuals are born without any caudal appendage or only a stump of a tail than in any other variety of dogs.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

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

His body is long, even without the portion of it which belongs to his caudal appendage.

From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver

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 Winslow, Helen M.

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 Pope, Saxton