Morphological correlates of substrate use in Didelphid marsupials: Implications for primate origins

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-175

  Lemelin, Pierre ^a,b  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheirogaleid primates; Didelphid marsupials; Evolution; Foot; Hand; Prehensility

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; PRIMATE;

CALUROMYS; DIDELPHIS; MARMOSA; MONODELPHIS; PHILANDER;

EID: 0032994392     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002046     Document Type: Article

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