The coffin bone is found in the horse. The coffin bone is analogous to the third bone on the human finger (fingertip), also known as P3 - the third phalynx.

Dogs and cats have a P3, too - where the claw/toenail extends from. It is not called the coffin bone in dogs and cats.

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