Anatomy of the hand and arm in Daubentonia madagascariensis: A functional and phylogenetic outlook

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 262-300

  Soligo, Christophe ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aye aye; Cercopithecus cephus; Dactylopsila Heterohyus; Dorsal aponeurosis; Intrinsic hand musculature; Lemur catta; Percussive foraging; Tap scanning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARM; BONE AND BONES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; STREPSIRHINI;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS; DACTYLOPSILA; DACTYLOPSILA PALPATOR; DAUBENTONIA; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; LEMUR CATTA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 26944487970     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088034     Document Type: Article

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