I dug up this: " Skunks are heavy bodied with short legs, triangular heads,
and long, plume-like tails. They are plantigrade, walking on the flat of the
foot, rather than the toes. (Other mammals with plantigrade limb posture
include bears, hedgehogs, and humans.)"
http://www.chintiminiwildlife.org/LivingWithWild/WildNatHist/Skunk.htm
Andrew Priest
-----Original Message-----
From: Scrapper Black Dragon [mailto:scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:59 PM
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] New file uploaded to SkunkworksAMA
--- "Zach Collins (Siege)" <siegemail_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe 'cause someone shortened her achilles tendons too
> much? Nice
> work, but skunks are flat-footed like humans.
I had a look at a few mustelid pics (closely related to
mephitedaes) and they appear to stand like cats
(digitigrade). Though I could be wrong, but the 'great and
wonderous James M Hardiman' tends to draw the skunks
standing digitigrade; he's pretty careful with his
references. Anyone found a like to a skunk or mustelid
that clearly shows the feet, particularly the back feet?
Scrapper, Black Dragon, going with whatever JMH says. :-)
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