How skilled are the skilled limb movements of the raccoon (Procyon lotor)?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-44

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hand and limb use; Mammalian limb use; Manual dexterity; Prehension; Prehension in raccoons; Raccoon limb use; Reaching in raccoon; Skilled forelimb use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; RACCOONS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0033558159     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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