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		Digitigrade locomotion is responsible for the distinctive hooked shape of dog legs.
		Digitigrade animals have relatively long carpals and tarsals, and the bones which would correspond to the human ankle are thus set much higher in the limb than in a human.
		This effectively lengthens the foot, so much so that a digitigrade animal's "hands" and "feet" are often thought to correspond only to what would be the bones of the human toe or finger.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=digitigrade (253 words)

	Free paws!
		Digitigrade legs have their heels off the ground, which has an effect for the entire leg - it usually cannot be stretched out, the whole character has a more dynamic position and would probably have trouble keeping balance when standing still on two legs.
		When drawing digitigrade paws, take into account that these have to carry the whole weight if the furry is on two legs, so draw them bigger than they would be if the furry was on four legs.
		The picture on the right compares two digitigrade paws - on the left (feline), the claws are retracted (the clawsheaths appear as vertical lines on the toes); the right has nonretractable claws and might belong to a cheetah or canine.
	www.freepaws.org /art.html (1061 words)

	Digitigrade - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia
		Digitigrade refers to a style of anatomy of the limbs used for walking, specifically where the weight is placed on the digits, but not on the heels.
		For some furs, whether a species that is normally digitigrade is anthropomorphized as plantigrade or digitigrade is considered an important differentiation between artistic styles.
		It is also not uncommon for those describing their furry characters in writing to state whether that character is plantigrade or digitigrade.
	furry.wikia.com /wiki/Digitigrade (328 words)

	Lab 5
		Animals are considered to be digitigrade when only the toes are in contact with the ground.
		Digitigrade mammals often exhibit a reduction in number of toes and the metacarpals and metatarsals are elongated.
		Mammals that rely on cursorial locomotion, either for feeding or predator avoidance, are often permanently digitigrade (e.
	www.wtamu.edu /~rmatlack/Mammalogy/lab5.htm (1057 words)

	ADW: Legs, Feet, and Cursorial Locomotion
		The overall velocity is then determined by the sum of the velocities of the parts.
		Adding motion by the scapula, and adding the metapodial and toe joints as moving parts (through adopting a digitigrade stance), accomplishes this.
		The effort required to move a limb is a function of its mass and the distance of its center of gravity from the joint.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /anat/running_fast.html (1788 words)

	Dinosaur Locomotion - ZoomDinosaurs.com
		Dinosaurs usually walked on their toes; the scientific term for this is digitigrade.
		Other animals that are digitigrade include dogs, cat, and chickens.
		There is a pad of tissue on the back of the feet on these animals that acts like a shock absorber.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Locomotion.shtml (991 words)

	Urban Dictionary: digitigrade
		He has more clearly defined feline aspects than Goro, with tiger stripes on his back (more recently, claws and cat-like digitigrade feet in his Armageddon makeover as well), and has the ability to spit fireballs from great distances.
		Feet may be just covers going over street shoes and held on with elastic, or they may be elaborate anatomically detailed feet.
		The feet can be plantigrade, resembling human feet, or digitigrade, resembling animal feet.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=digitigrade (710 words)

	health Digitigrade - health-notes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes.
		While humans usually walk with the soles of their feet on the ground (plantigrade locomotion (Note, humans can walk on their toes, however, this is quite hard on their feet)), digitigrade animals walk on their distal and intermediate phalanges.
		This effectively lengthens the foot, so much so that a digitigrade animal's "hands" and "feet" are often thought to correspond only to what would be the bones of the human toe or finger.
	www.health-notes.com /Digitigrade (397 words)

	Digitigrade vs Plantigrade
		The only thing universally agreed on is that digitigrade is faster, and it's sort of agreed that plantigrade is more stable at rest, though digitigrade offsets that commonly with a tail.
		I consider digitigrade characters to be more on the animal side, and plantigrade to be more human.
		A digitigrade foot is designed to propel you forward, while a plantigrade is more aimed at pushing up.
	www.masterzdm.com /NCD/showflat.php?Cat=&sigs=&Board=LEARN&Number=463881&page=13&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 (818 words)

	Wolf RPG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Welcome to Canidae Digitigrade, just what the name implies, this roleplay is based on wolves.
		After your first goal is complete only many more are to follow, establishing a rank, finding a mate, ensuring your genes passed to the next generation, hunting, providing, protecting, and more as you grow in knowledge and skill of the real life circumstances of a pack.
		Canidae Digitigrade provides a realistic wolf roleplay with many features to discover...
	www.freewebs.com /canidaedigitigrade/index.htm (194 words)

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	Definition of digitigrade - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=digitigrade&x=0&y=0 (41 words)

	SICB - 2007 meeting - Abstract Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Among primates, digitigrade hand postures typical of other mammals are rare.
		More digitigrade postures at slower speeds may be more efficient by increasing step durations and mechanical advantage of antigravity muscles to lower torques around the wrist joint and possibly lower metacarpal stresses.
		At higher speeds, palmigrade postures may be better suited to 1) take advantage of elastic strain energy of tendons that cross distal joints and 2) to distribute GRFs across the entire palm of the hand.
	www.sicb.org /meetings/2007/schedule/abstractdetails.php3?id=307 (236 words)

	TEL :: [tel-00010618, version 1] Analyse Quantifiée de la Marche : extraction de connaissances à partir de données ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Parmi ces défauts, la marche digitigrade est un des plus courants et pour lequel l'identification des causes demeure difficile.
		L'apprentissage non-supervisé (c-moyennes floues) a permis d'identifier trois patrons de marche digitigrade à partir de la cinématique de la cheville provenant d'une base de données de plus de 2500 AQM (Institut Saint-Pierre, Palavas, 34).
		L'apprentissage supervisé est utilisé pour expliquer ces trois patrons de marche par des mesures cliniques sous la forme de règles induites à partir d'arbres de décision flous.
	tel.ccsd.cnrs.fr /tel-00010618/en (598 words)

	fursuit: Digitigrade Hooves
		After much work and testing, I now have workable digitigrade hooves I can walk in.
		Essentially it's a wooden hoof with a 2x4 and shoe bolted onto it at a 40 degree angle, and with bungee cords joining the 2x4 to my lower thigh.
		Actually I could use some help with a set of actual digitigrade paws I'm working on too.
	community.livejournal.com /fursuit/1464162.html (519 words)

	digitigrade - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		digitigrade : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Digitigrade : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=digitigrade (194 words)

	NetPetMagazine On Dew Claws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The loss of this first digit seems to accompany the evolution of the 'up on the toes' (digitigrade) stance of canids.
		Although natural selection dumped the 1st digit from the hind foot fairly far back in the evolution of canids (and also, independently in cats) the thumb has persisted on the forefoot in digitigrade carnivores.
		There may well be a reason it is retained.
	netpet.batw.net /articles/dewclaws.html (570 words)

	African Savannah: African Lion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The mature male's mane not only makes him appear larger but protects his throat from his mortal enemies-other marauding lions and the hyenas after his cubs or kill.
		A lion is a digitigrade, or toe walker; that is his heel doesn't touch the ground.
		His loud roar is made possible by the cartilage in his throat having ossified into bone (referred to as the Hyoid structure).
	www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azlion.html (721 words)

	Animal Planet :: Mammal Guide
		Foot anatomy also varies between the carnivorous and the omnivorous members of this order.
		Although many of the predatorial felids and canids possess a five-toe formation, they have a digitigrade stance, which keeps them on the "balls" of their feet, helping them to leap and pounce.
		The omnivores, such as the bears, however, tend to walk with the entire length of their feet on the ground, a plantigrade stance that provides greater stability.
	animal.discovery.com /guides/mammals/body/class_carnivores.html (253 words)

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