direct registering

Noun

 * 1) The practice, of cats and some other animals, of placing their hindfeet in the same place as (i.e. in the prints left by) their forefeet.
 * 2) * 2012, Lawrence Mark Elbroch, Michael Kresky, Jonah Evans, Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California, Univ of California Press (ISBN 9780520951648), page 53:
 * All the canines use this gait, but it tends to be for short sections of trail and most often is a transition from a direct-registering trot to a side trot. However, Gray Foxes use this gait very often, as do Mule Deer and several shrew species.
 * All the canines use this gait, but it tends to be for short sections of trail and most often is a transition from a direct-registering trot to a side trot. However, Gray Foxes use this gait very often, as do Mule Deer and several shrew species.

Synonyms

 * perfect stepping