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Pakicetus looked very different from modern cetaceans, and its body shape more resembled those of land-dwelling hoofed mammals. Unlike all later cetaceans, it had four fully functional long legs. Pakicetus had a long snout a typical complement of teeth that included incisors, canines, premolars, and molars a distinct and flexible neck and a very long and robust tail. As in most land mammals, the nose was at the tip of the snout.