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Adapted primary for walking on two legs, but able to walk on four legs.See Also: facultative quadruped, obligate biped
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Facultative biped — A facultative biped is a normally quadrupedal animal that is capable of walking or running on its hind legs, often for only a limited period of time. Well known examples include reptiles such as the Basilisk lizard (also called Jesus Lizards… … Wikipedia
facultative quadruped — noun Adapted primary for walking on four legs, but able to walk on two legs. See Also: facultative biped, obligate quadruped … Wiktionary
obligate biped — noun Adapted for walking only on two legs, with no ability to walk on four; for example, birds. See Also: facultative biped, obligate quadruped … Wiktionary
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Unipedalism — The term uniped (from Latin uni = one + ped = foot) refers to a person or creature with only one foot and one leg, as contrasted with a biped (two legs) and a quadruped (four legs). Moving using only one leg is known as unipedal movement. There… … Wikipedia
Running — Runner redirects here. For other uses, see Runner (disambiguation). This article is about the type of locomotion in humans. For running in horses, see Horse gait. For locomotion in dogs, see Gait (dog). For general locomotion, see Gait. For other … Wikipedia
Gait (human) — This article is about the physical exercise. For other uses, see here. Humans using a running gait. Note the suspended phase in which neither foot touches the ground. Human gait is the way locomotion is achieved using human limbs. Different gaits … Wikipedia
Concertina movement — is the movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling/pushing other sections in the direction of movement.[1] Each point on the snake s body goes through… … Wikipedia
Trot (horse gait) — The trot The trot is a two beat diagonal gait of the horse, where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time. There is a moment of suspension between each beat. From the standpoint of the balance of the horse, the trot is a very… … Wikipedia
Digitigrade — 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 many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades.… … Wikipedia
