# animal nipple count **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 1, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332 "2008-06-01T05:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/1 "2008-06-01T05:13:59Z")
Does anybody know where I can find, oh I dunno, a decent-sized list of mammals and their corresponding number of nipples? I feel myself overwhelmed with curiosity on the subject. Don’t ask why; I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/2 "2008-06-01T05:20:50Z")
There’s a small chart on Wikipedia, but other than that, I’ve not found too much on the subject. > **[Mammary gland | Other mammals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_gland#Other_mammals)** > > The breasts of female humans vary from most other mammals that tend to have less conspicuous mammary glands. The number and positioning of mammary glands varies widely in different mammals. The protruding teats and accompanying glands can be located anywhere along the two milk lines. In general most mammals develop mammary glands in pairs along these lines, with a number approximating the number of young typically birthed at a time. The number of teats varies from 2 (in most primates) to 18 (in p... But what an ODD question, **Buffy** … ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/3 "2008-06-01T05:31:30Z")
I know people have phases but I think there’s laws in TN against that sort of thing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/4 "2008-06-01T12:59:35Z")
Even Tennessee has _some_ standards ! ---
**Author:** ![Consonants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@Consonants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consonants)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/5 "2008-06-01T16:08:32Z")
You might also look up marsupials. There the nipples are supposedly “undifferentiated” from the neighboring skin, yet there still are specific gland “zones” that can be counted. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/6 "2008-06-01T17:59:40Z")
_ **Mammary glands!** _ Brilliant, **RoOsh**! And here I’ve been looking under _ **nipples** _. Tsk tsk, buff. Hmm, hadn’t even thought about marsupial nipples. Or virtual lack thereof, **Consonants**. _goes off to find a possum_ I’m also kind of curious what animal has the longest nipples as well. For the record, I’ve never known anyone here in the beautiful state of Tennessee to have sexual relations with any sort of animal. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/7 "2008-06-02T01:41:20Z")
[Digression]Elephants, like sea cows, have only two and up front between the front limbs as do humans.[/Digression] ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/8 "2008-06-02T02:33:09Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] For the record, I’ve never known anyone here in the beautiful state of Tennessee to have sexual relations with any sort of animal. [/QUOTE] I live in East Tennessee and I agree with this statement. No animal sexin’ 'round here. However, a co-worked recently told me that a sheep supposedly has the most human feeling vagina of any animal. He’s from Michigan though. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/9 "2008-06-02T05:41:59Z")
What a fascinating realm is this…this _nipplage_ if you will. Do any primates have more than two? ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/10 "2008-06-02T10:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] What a fascinating realm is this…this _nipplage_ if you will. Do any primates have more than two? [/QUOTE] Actually, a fair number of people have more than two . . . ---
**Author:** ![masterofnone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-nipple-count/451332/11 "2008-06-02T17:54:38Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] Actually, a fair number of people have more than two . . . [/QUOTE] I knew a girl with 4. Definitely did a double take on those. Good thing she had a sense of humor!