Hindlimb suspension and hind foot reversal in Varecia variegata and other arboreal mammals

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-102

  Meldrum, D Jeffrey ^a   Dagosto, Marian ^b   White, Jennifer ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoids; Feeding adaptations; Positional behavior; Prosimians; Skeletal morphology; Xenarthrans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HINDLIMB; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOT; LEMURIDAE; POSTURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030966809     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199705)103:1<85::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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