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plantigrade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | plantigrade mammal |
| Type of | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
plantigrade::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of plantigrade
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They are quadrupedal and, when on the ground, they walk digitigrade and plantigrade.
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Its appearance were more slender and more plantigrade than the elephants', its closest modern relative.
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Unlike most other land carnivorans, bears are plantigrade.
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Unlike other land carnivorans, bears are plantigrade.
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Agriarctos beatrix was a small plantigrade omnivore and was genetically related to giant pandas, according to the authors of the study.
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Humans achieve a plantigrade orientation and elephants achieve a semi-plantigrade alignment of the hindlimb foot structure.
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Embrithopods were rhinoceros-like herbivorous mammals with plantigrade feet, and desmostylians were hippopotamus-like amphibious animals.
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The hindlimb and foot of the elephant is oriented semi-plantigrade and is closely associated with the structure and function of the human foot.
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The unique ability of the human foot to achieve plantigrade alignment creates a distal-limb structure that is adaptable to a variety of conditions.
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- (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
- In terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the podials and metatarsals flat on the ground. It is one of three forms of locomotion adopted by mammals. ...
- A foot posture in which the full length of their foot, including podials, metapodials, and 'heel', touches the ground.
- A way of walking on the soles of the feet, including the heels. Examples of animals that walk this way are bears and humans.
- Feet in which parts enclosing the phalanges and metatarsals all touch the ground. For ambulatory (walking) locomotion.
- Foot posture involves walking on the whole length of the foot, for example in human, monkeys and bears. Digitigrade and Unguligrade are other postures.
