Limb kinematics during locomotion in the two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus, Xenarthra) and its implications for the evolution of the sloth locomotor apparatus

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-234

  Nyakatura, John A ^a   Petrovitch, Alexander ^b   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b ZENTRALKLINIK BAD BERKA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arboreal locomotion; Convergent evolution; Gait parameters; Musculoskeletal apparatus; Sloth locomotor performance

Indexed keywords

CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; MEGALONYCHIDAE; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

EID: 77957020272     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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