Anatomical Contributions to Hylobatid Taxonomy and Adaptation

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 865-877

  Zihlman, Adrienne L ^a   Mootnick, Alan R ^b   Underwood, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Body proportions; Gibbon; Hylobates; Hylobatids; Limb mass; Siamang; Symphalangus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BODY MASS; CAPTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

HOMINIDAE; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES MOLOCH; HYLOBATES PILEATUS; HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 79960437406     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9506-y     Document Type: Article

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