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basically legs in four-legged animals, whereas they are the ancestral structure behind wings, flippers, and upper arms that are possessed by various types of tetrapods. And hind legs are pretty much exclusively legs, except in the case of aquatic/marine tetrapods, some of whom have evolved them into flippers. Birds are also somewhat unique in that the hindlimbs are used virtually like hands, due to their lack of forearms. And other tetrapods might use their hindlimbs for specialist purposes, such as arboreal tetrapods (e.g. monkeys) and jumping tetrapods (such as kangaroos, rabbits, and frogs). Again though, I'm not exactly sure that we need distinctive articles about "forelimbs" (forelegs) and "hindlimbs" (hindlegs), since those topics are already largely covered by both the articles "legs" and "limbs (anatomy)".
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All tetrapods have four limbs, whereas arthropods, molluscs, and other groups of invertebrates have independently evolved their own types of limbs. Regarding tetrapodal limbs, I don't think we need two articles about forelimbs and hind limbs of tetrapods. We can just have one article about tetrapod
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