- In
terrestrial animals,
plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and
metatarsals flat on the ground. It is one of
three forms of locomotion...
-
knees are
actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many
other mammals, but not
plantigrades (such as humans) or
unguligrades (such as horses).
Digitigrades generally...
- some
foxes have
retractile or semi-retractile claws) and tend to be
plantigrade (with the
exception of the Canidae).
Other traits that
separate the Caniformia...
- was
first shown in
Paris on the
Exposition Universelle (1878) as "The
Plantigrade Machine". The
Chebyshev Lambda Linkage is a
cognate linkage of the Chebyshev...
-
bodies with
stocky legs, long snouts,
small rounded ears,
shaggy hair,
plantigrade paws with five
nonretractile claws, and
short tails.
While the polar...
-
animals that walk on the
soles of
their feet, are
described as
being plantigrade;
unguligrade animals are
those that walk on
hooves at the tips of their...
- step over obstacles. An
early design for a leg
mechanism called the
Plantigrade Machine by
Pafnuty Chebyshev was
shown at the
Exposition Universelle...
-
class Anatomy Comparative foot
morphology Arthropod leg
Digitigrade Plantigrade Unguligrade Uniped Biped (Facultative)
Triped Quadruped Specific Canine...
- amphibians, the
reptiles and some
mammals such as
humans and bears—are
plantigrade,
walking on the
whole of the
underside of the foot. Many mammals, such...
- Arctocyon, a
plantigrade ungulate, was once
classified as a condylarth....
