--- title: "which animal has longest tail?" description: "which animal has longest tail?" author: "Aniruddh Singh" published: 2017-12-26 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31972/which-animal-has-longest-tail category: "animal life" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # which animal has longest tail? which animal has longest tail? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **“Nice Caboose” is a tiny reptile, also known as the [Asian](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39026/who-has-been-presented-with-the-2015-asian-tour-s-order-of-merit-crown) Grass Lizard, has about 10-inch (25-centimeter) long tail, which is more than three times the length of the animal’s body.** ![which animal has longest tail?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/eba5a49a-2d74-4aab-a8c7-7dcb0e0f5591/images/d2e28b70-d3f1-43ba-aa0a-a9868d284379.jpeg)\ \ The Long tails evolve in **vertebrate [species](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31034/which-species-of-bird-flies-at-the-highest-elevation) that they use their tail for maintaining the balance**, such as tree dwellers like the grass lizard and water skimmers like the Jesus Christ lizard. The **species who swim, they need their tails for propulsion and the body balance**. Even **some reptiles have detachable tails as well, so if a predator attacks, they can sacrifice their tails and escape from their alive. This helps them to save their life.** The **Asian grass lizard comes in an array of upper body colors like brown, tan, and green with long, dark stripes running down its length**. The animal tail is helpful to fulfill the variety of daily tasks. Like, for Fish, the tail helps them to swim with great speed and adjust their [direction](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30995/which-bus-is-bidirectional), many land animals use their tail to remove flies and other insects which could bite them and causes harm. However, **Cats and Kangaroos use their tails to maintain their body balance** while moving. As well as, some animals like **Deer use their tails to warn their fellow members for the occurrence of dange**r near to them. **The tails of grazing animal’s works as two different ways, one, and the tail help them to remove flies and insects over them and the [movement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40351/in-which-movement-did-mahatma-gandhi-make-the-first-use-of-hunger-strike-as-a-weapon) of the tail at certain positions indicates the physical and emotional state of those animals.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31972/which-animal-has-longest-tail Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.