Is primate-like quadrupedalism necessary for fine-branch locomotion? A test using sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-319

  Shapiro, Liza J ^a   Young, Jesse W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Gait; Kinematics; Marsupials; Primates; Quadrupedalism

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BODY SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KINEMATICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77953021559     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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