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walked on three toes on each of its front and hind feet (the first and fifth toes remained, but were small and not used in walking). The third toe was stronger...

Members of this order walk on either one toe (like horses) or three toes (like rhinos and tapirs). This is in contrast to even-toed ungulates, members of the...

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies...

their toes to the line c g, at the second step they toe the line c h..." The phrase appeared as a naval term in 1831, describing events of 1803: "..on the...

55-million-year evolution of the horse. The ancestral horse, Eohippus, is characterized by four toes on the hindfeet and three toes on the forefeet. Wild and domesticated...

fractures seen in hospital, 3.6% were broken toes. Fractures of big toes make up about a fifth or third of all toe fractures, and 5.5% of all foot and ankle...

The frog is a part of a horse hoof, located on the underside, which should touch the ground if the horse is standing on soft footing. The frog is triangular...

were fox-sized animals with three toes on the hind feet, and four on the front feet. They were herbivorous browsers on relatively soft plants, and already...

artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) bear most of their weight equally on four or two (an even number) of the five toes: their third and fourth toes. Another difference...

the practitioner. The horse stance in southern Chinese systems is commonly done with the thighs parallel to the ground and the toes pointing forward or...

The North Toe River is the headwaters of the Nolichucky River and a tributary in the French Broad River basin. From its source at Sugar Gap, between Bald...

essence, a horse travels on its "tiptoes". The hoof wall is a much larger, thicker and stronger version of the human fingernail or toenail, made up of similar...

causes horse to toe-out to compensate. Toe-In, Pigeon-Toed Toes of hooves face in toward each other Common fault Pigeon-toes cause excess strain on the outside...

controversy also surrounds the use of long toes, stacked pads and weighted chains around the pasterns to enhance a horse’s gait, this is separate from the practice...

founder, mechanical separation occurs when horses with long toes are worked extensively on hard ground. The long toes and hard ground together contribute to...

in horse stance. This, which is the most external of the pieces, is aimed at increasing general vitality and muscular strength. Bouncing on the Toes This...

originally developed as a riding horse on farms and plantations in the American South. It is a popular riding horse due to its calm disposition, smooth gaits...

toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly. By contrast, most perissodactyls bear weight on an odd number of the five toes....

horse, with greater weight-carrying capacity, when wearing heavy armour in actual combat. The average horse can carry up to approximately 30% of its body...

the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones. Toe bones or phalanges...