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digitigrade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | digitigrade mammal |
| Type of | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
digitigrade::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of digitigrade
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They are quadrupedal and, when on the ground, they walk digitigrade and plantigrade.
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The feet are semi-digitigrade and more specialized than the hands.
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Their feet are digitigrade and short, with five toes on each foot.
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All canids are digitigrade, meaning that they walk on their toes.
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Hyenas are digitigrade, with the fore and hind paws having four digits each and sporting bulging pawpads.
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The dog's paw is in a digitigrade orientation.
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Significant modifications include the evolution of tooth batteries, a ligament-bound metacarpus and a digitigrade hand posture.
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A carpal pad is also found on the forelimb which is used for additional traction when stopping or descending a slope in digitigrade species.
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- (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
- Digitigrade mammal: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
- A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. Digitigrades include walking birds (what many assume to be bird knees are actually ankles), cats, dogs, and most other mammals, but not humans, bears, and a few others (cf. plantigrade, unguligrade). ...
- With the digits of the foot, but not the sole, in contact with the ground or support
- Walking on the toes, or digits (such as elephants and rhinos).
- Describes a foot posture where the heel and instep are raised so only the digits touch the ground. Common in predators like cats and dogs, enabling them to move quietly. Plantigrade and Unguligrade are other postures.
- Standing or walking on the fingers as opposed to the palms (palmigrade) or the fingernails (unguligrade).
- Locomotion that involves contact only through the digits. (Contrast with plantigrade.)
