# Do all four legged animals have all four basic(?) gaits?

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**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-four-legged-animals-have-all-four-basic-gaits/975979 "2022-12-03T16:11:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-four-legged-animals-have-all-four-basic-gaits/975979/33 "2022-12-05T02:46:38Z")

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I asked a related question some years back:

> [@Quadruped locomotion: only four modes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quadruped-locomotion-only-four-modes/722846):
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> Walk, trot, canter, gallop. To my knowledge, these are the only four basic modes in which a quadruped moves its feet to travel in a forward direction. Are there other modes that are fundamentally different from these four?

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