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Examples of Saltatorial Mammals. Macropodidae. Peramelidae. Lemuridae. Saltatorial Rodents. Pedetidae Pedetes capensis Cape Springhare. Dipodidiae Euchoreutes naso - Long Eared Jerboa. Heteromyidae Dipodomys ingens : Giant Kangaroo Rat . Muridae : Murinae. Muridae : Gerbillinae.
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Examples of Saltatorial Mammals Macropodidae Peramelidae Lemuridae
Saltatorial Rodents Pedetidae Pedetescapensis Cape Springhare Dipodidiae Euchoreutesnaso- Long Eared Jerboa Heteromyidae Dipodomysingens: Giant Kangaroo Rat Muridae: Murinae Muridae: Gerbillinae
Cetartiodactyls Perrisodactyls
Friction Pads Scansorial Mammals Erethizon Prehensile Organs Claws Sciurus Sciuruscarolinensis: American Grey Squirrel Galago Galagocrassicaudatus: Greater Bushbaby Ateles Atelesgeoffroyi: Geoffroys’s Spider Monkey
Scansorial - Brachiation Hylobates
Gliding Stylar cartilage Thorington et al. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 79, No. 1 pp. 245-250.
Swimming Otariids Phocids Zalophuscalifornicus Phoca vitulina