Leviticus 11:27

Whatsoever goeth upon his paws ,.... Or "the palms" F4 על כפיו "super volas suas", Pagninus, Montanus, "super manus suas", Munster, Tigurine version, Drusius. of his hands; meaning such creatures, whose feet are not divided into two parts, but into many, like the fingers of an hand, as apes, lions, bears, wolves, foxes, dogs, cats, &c.;

among all manner of beasts that go on all four ; this is added, to distinguish them from fowl, such as are clean; who walk but on two feet, though their feet are divided into fingers or talons, and may be called hands on which they walk:

these are unclean unto you : and as they might not be eaten, so neither touched, as follows:

whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even ; See Gill on Leviticus 11:24 .