Coyote Biomechanics

The coyote is an example of a digitigrade mammal.  It serves as an intermediate between plantigrade and unguligrade.  With a combination of speed and power, digitigrade animals are often predaors.   The coyote's in-lever to out-lever ratio isn't as powerful as the squirrel's but is larger than that of the deer.
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