Variation in the leaping of lemurs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-165

  Terranova, Carl J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

leaping behaviors; lemurids; locomotor categories; support context

Indexed keywords

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR MONGOZ; EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0030481648     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)40:2<145::AID-AJP3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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