Origins of primate locomotion: Gait mechanics of the woolly opossum

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-238

  Schmitt, Daniel ^a   Lemelin, Pierre ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Biomechanics; Caluromys philander; Forelimb function; Postcranium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FORCE; FORELIMB; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIMATE; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; OPOSSUMS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036085879     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10048     Document Type: Article

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