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Table 2.

Frequency of all gait types observed and relative frequency of ambles and canters in 12 primate species

							Relative frequency (%)
	Walk	Amble	Trot	Canter	Gallop	Half-bound	Ambles overall	Ambles of symmetrical runs	Canters of asymmetrical runs
Microcebus murinus	22	18	0	0	0	0	45	100	—
Mirza coquereli	25	13	0	2	0	0	33	100	100
Cheirogaleus medius	10	17	1	10	2	0	43	94	83
Loris tardigradus	39	1	0	0	0	0	3	100	—
Callithrix jacchus	4	3	4	22	3	4	8	43	76
Saguinus fuscicollis	0	2	0	32	6	0	5	100	84
Ateles geoffroyi	38	2	0	0	0	0	5	100	—
Macaca fascicularis	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Macaca mulatta	23	12	0	5	0	0	30	100	100
Chlorocebus aethiops	14	4	0	12	10	0	10	100	55
Erythrocebus patas	39	1	0	0	0	0	3	100	—
Papio anubis	27	6	0	6	1	0	15	100	86
Totals	281	79	5	89	22	4	17	94	73

							Relative frequency (%)
	Walk	Amble	Trot	Canter	Gallop	Half-bound	Ambles overall	Ambles of symmetrical runs	Canters of asymmetrical runs
Microcebus murinus	22	18	0	0	0	0	45	100	—
Mirza coquereli	25	13	0	2	0	0	33	100	100
Cheirogaleus medius	10	17	1	10	2	0	43	94	83
Loris tardigradus	39	1	0	0	0	0	3	100	—
Callithrix jacchus	4	3	4	22	3	4	8	43	76
Saguinus fuscicollis	0	2	0	32	6	0	5	100	84
Ateles geoffroyi	38	2	0	0	0	0	5	100	—
Macaca fascicularis	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Macaca mulatta	23	12	0	5	0	0	30	100	100
Chlorocebus aethiops	14	4	0	12	10	0	10	100	55
Erythrocebus patas	39	1	0	0	0	0	3	100	—
Papio anubis	27	6	0	6	1	0	15	100	86
Totals	281	79	5	89	22	4	17	94	73

For each species, a total of 40 observations were made at evenly spaced time intervals throughout the video records.