Limb preference in the gallop of dogs and the half-bound of pikas on flat ground

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dc.creatorHackert, Rémi
dc.creatorMaes, Ludovic
dc.creatorHerbin, Marc
dc.creatorAbourachid, Anick
dc.creatorLibourel, P. A.
dc.date2008-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:02:48Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:02:48Z
dc.descriptionDuring fast locomotion - gallop, half bound - of quadruped mammals, the ground contact of the limbs in each pair do not alternate symmetrically. Animals using such asymmetrical gait thus choose whether the left or the right limb will contact the ground first, and this gives rise to limb preference. Here, we report that dogs (Mammalia, Carnivora) and pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) prefer one forelimb as trailing limb and use it as such almost twice as often as the other. We also show that this choice depends on the individual and is not a characteristic of the species, and that the strength of the preference was not dependent on the animal's running speed.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2415
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2415
dc.identifierLaterality 13, 4 (2008) 310-319
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/169103
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.subjectTissues and Organs
dc.titleLimb preference in the gallop of dogs and the half-bound of pikas on flat ground
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