There's a multiplier. Check the top of the second column on page 162 of the (3.5E) PHB. Interestingly, for creatures smaller than Small, being a quadruped seems to make you able to carry less than a biped. A Diminutive quadruped, for example, can only carry half as much as a bipedal Diminutive creature with the same Strength score.

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