Hallucal grasping behavior in Caluromys (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae): Implications for primate pedal grasping

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1096-1101

  Youlatos, Dionisios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caluromys philander; Euprimates; Locomotion; Plesiadapiformes; Postures; Woolly opossum

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOTYPE; POSTURE; PRIMATE;

CALUROMYS; CALUROMYS PHILANDER; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; METATHERIA; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 55949118067     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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