Role of the prehensile tail during ateline locomotion: Experiment and osteological evidence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-446

  Schmitt, Daniel ^a,e   Rose, Michael D ^b   Turnquist, Jean E ^c   Lemelin, Pierre ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles; Brachiation; Caudal vertebrae; Kinematics; Lagothrix; Prehensile tail; Tail assisted brachiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MONKEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TAIL; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CEBIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

EID: 15244358475     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20075     Document Type: Article

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