Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 1:4

בְּהֵמָה גַסָּה נִקְנֵית בִּמְסִירָה, וְהַדַּקָּה בְּהַגְבָּהָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, בְּהֵמָה דַקָּה נִקְנֵית בִּמְשִׁיכָה:

A large animal is acquired by "handing over" (mesirah) [The owner hands it over to the buyer by rein or by its hair], and a small animal is acquired by lifting. [and not by pulling.] These are the words of R. Meir and R. Eliezer. The sages say: A small animal is acquired by pulling. [And even though it can be lifted, still it is acquired by pulling, because it always "clutches" at the ground with its claws. The halachah: Both a large animal and a small one are acquired by pulling, and, it goes without saying, by lifting. Pulling effects acquisition in a simta, a corner in a public domain, and in a shared domain. Mesirah effects acquisition in a public domain and in an unshared domain. Lifting effects acquisition in all domains. All animals which are customarily acquired by lifting are not acquired otherwise. What is acquired by mesirah is not acquired by pulling. Likewise, what is acquired by pulling is not acquired by mesirah.]

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