Question on Creature Locomotion Ratios

I am considering a mid to large sized creature, the loping quhambo. Maybe eight to ten palms at the whithers and maybe five stone in weight. It is a proboscidean mammal of some sort, though quite possibly not related to the oliphant.

I am curious about quadrupedal mammalian gaits. I know there are different kinds of gait, varying with speed and that there are different "foot placements" involved. Specifically, I'm interested in a 6:2 ratio -- for every six steps the relatively short hind legs make, the rather longer forelegs take only two. This is why they're called loping.

For ordinary loping along at various speeds, is this gait realistic / plausible with respect to known mammalian locomotion patterns. If so, does any living or extinct animal walk like this?

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