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This is not true. All vertebrates do not posses five digits per limb. Actually, few don't even possess limbs, like most snakes(eg. cobra (Naja naja)).

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All vertebrates have a brain and spinal cord. But they all have different number of digits: Apes have five, felines and canines have four, ungulates have two, and equines have one.

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