Unexpected locomotor behaviour: Brachiation by an Old World monkey (Pygathrix nemaeus) from Vietnam

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-106

  Byron, Craig D ^a   Covert, Herbert H ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachiation; Douc langurs; Positional behaviour; Pygathrix nemaeus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE;

ASIA; CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES CONCOLOR; HYLOBATES LEUCOGENYS; HYLOBATES SP.; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX NEMAEUS; TRACHYPITHECUS;

EID: 2542460591     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904004935     Document Type: Article

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