In mammals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the podials and metatarsals flat on the ground. Humans are an example of a plantigrade species; in humans, the podials and metatarsals constitute the sole of the foot. Other plantigrade species include raccoons, opossums, bears, rabbits, weasels, mice, pandas, rats, hyraxes, skunks and hedgehogs. The members of the extinct mammalian order Creodonta displayed plantigrade locomotion. This may have led to their extinction as they were supplant… (More on Plantigrade)