Interspecific scaling of the morphology and posture of the limbs during the locomotion of cats (Felidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 642-654

  Day, Lisa M ^a   Jayne, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cat; Evolution; Felidae; Kinematics; Limb; Limb posture; Locomotion; Morphology; Phylogeny; Scaling; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FELIDAE; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; EXTREMITIES; FELIDAE; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEPTAILURUS SERVAL; LYNX; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33947385009     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02703     Document Type: Article

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