Implications of the functional anatomy of the hand and forearm of Ailurus fulgens (Carnivora, Ailuridae) for the evolution of the 'false-thumb' in pandas

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-764

  Antón, Mauricio ^a   Salesa, Manuel J ^a   Pastor, Juan F ^b   Peigné, Stéphane ^c   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; Panda; Radial; Sesamoid

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BREVIS DIGITORUM MANUS; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR RETINACULUM; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PANDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; URSIDAE;

AILURIDAE; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; AILURUS; AILURUS FULGENS; CARNIVORA; URSIDAE;

EID: 33751200688     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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