Animals in motion

Bird gaits and track patterns

  • Walking
  • Running
  • Hopping
  • Skipping

 

Mammal Gaits and Track Patterns

  • Stalk
  • Understep Walk
  • Direct Register Walk (example - Red fox)
  • Overstep Walk (example - Red fox)
  • Amble
  • 2x2 Walk
  • Understep Trot
  • Direct Register Trot
  • Overstep Trot
  • Straddle Trot
  • Side Trot
  • Extended Direct Register Trot
  • Slow Lope
  • 2x2 Transverse Lope (example - Marten)
  • 3x4 Transverse Lope
  • 3x4 Rotary Lope
  • 4x4 Transverse Lope
  • Transverse Gallop
  • Rotary Gallop
  • Stretch Gallop
  • Hop
  • Bound (example - Red squirrel)
  • Pronk
  • Bipedal Hop
  • Bipedal Skip

 

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