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Plantigrade

In terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and metatarsals flat on the ground. It is one of three forms of locomotion adopted by terrestrial mammals. The other options are digitigrade, walking on the toes and fingers with the heel and wrist permanently raised, and unguligrade, walking on the nail or nails of the toes (the…

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Plantigrade

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Edges34
Triples9
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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related to Evolution · 3
Plantigrade → In, The, With
related to List of plantigrade animals · 3
Plantigrade → Carnivora, MammalsSeveral, Ursidae
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Plantigrade → Chebyshev

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foot animals mammals digitigrade leg bones unguligrade walking also humans locomotion mammal includes toes metatarsals terrestrial fingers among pterosaurs kangaroos

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pantodonts were plantigradeinstance ofmost early mammals0.80text
high heeled shoes may contribute to an individual only standing and/or walking on their toesinstance ofas well as some forms of footwear0.80text
Plantigraderelated to EvolutionThe0.60section
Plantigraderelated to EvolutionWith0.60section
Plantigraderelated to EvolutionIn0.60section
Plantigraderelated to List of plantigrade animalsMammalsSeveral0.60section
Plantigraderelated to List of plantigrade animalsCarnivora0.60section
Plantigraderelated to List of plantigrade animalsUrsidae0.60section
Plantigradesee alsoChebyshev0.60section

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