Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: An extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-18

  Struhsaker, Thomas T ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b   Pope, Theresa R ^a   Marcus, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Deformity; Kibale National Park; Maxilla; Nasal bones; Premaxilla

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BODY SHAPE; BONE; DIGITAL IMAGE; PRIMATE;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS;

EID: 78651263062     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0224-4     Document Type: Article

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