{"id":5532,"date":"2026-05-08T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/?post_type=glossary&p=5532"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:58:29","slug":"digitigrado","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/digitigrado\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitigrade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In zoologia, animale terrestre che camminando appoggia sul suolo le dita<\/strong>, anziché tutta la pianta del piede.<\/p>

I digitigradi includono gli uccelli, molti dei dinosauri estinti e molti mammiferi come felidi e canidi.<\/p>

Si distinguono dai plantigradi<\/strong>, come primati e orsi, che poggiano invece tutta la pianta del piede a terra durante la locomozione, e dagli unguligradi<\/strong> come i cavalli e i bovidi, che camminano sugli zoccoli. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Confronto tra le strutture degli arti inferiori. Da sinistra a destra: plantigrado<\/strong>, digitigrado<\/a><\/strong> e unguligrado<\/strong>. In rosso il basipode<\/strong>, in viola i metapodi<\/strong>, in giallo le falangi<\/strong>, in marrone le unghie cheratiniche<\/strong>.<\/p>

Fonte: Antoine ADAM, Wikimedia Commons. Licenza Creative Commons<\/a> CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication<\/a>.<\/p>

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