A biomechanical investigation into the absence of leaping in the locomotor repertoire of the slender loris (loris tardigradus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Sellers, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Computer simulation; Galago moholi; Leaping; Locomotion; Loris tardigradus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GALAGO; LOCOMOTION; LORISIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2742600195     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157202     Document Type: Article

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