The walk of large quadrupedal mammals

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Abstract
The walk patterns of 27 species of large mammals and of five of their young are presented, based on analyses of between 8 and 273 strides per species. These patterns, which reflect varying degrees of stability, are a function largely of diet, phylogeny, and environment, with importance of the last two factors depending on the taxon and its evolution. The camelids, unlike the equids, have walk patterns relatively immune to environmental influences. The walk patterns of large mammals are a function to a lesser extent of speed, morphology, and age.

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