Digitigrade vs. Unguligrade — What's the Difference?

In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade () locomotion is walking or running on the toes (from the Latin digitus, 'finger', and gradior, 'walk'). A digitigrade animal is one that stands or walks with its toes (metatarsals) touching the ground, and the rest of its foot lifted.

(zoology) That walks on hooves.

Relating to an animal, such as a cat or dog, whose weight is borne on the toes.

(zoology) An animal that walks on hooves.

(zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.

Having, or walking on, hoofs.

(zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.

Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

Walking on the toes; - distinguished from plantigrade.

An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; - distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.

(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised