Limb growth in captive Galago senegalensis: Getting in shape to be an adult

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-112

  Schaefer, Melissa S ^a,b   Nash, Leanne T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Galago senegalensis; Growth; Intermembral index

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; GROWTH RATE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; GALAGO SENEGALENSIS; GALAGONIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846345061     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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