Functional anatomy and adaptation of male gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) With Comparison to Male Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1842-1855

  Zihlman, Adrienne L ^a   McFarland, Robin K ^b   Underwood, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cabrillo College   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Gorilla; Locomotor behavior; Musculo skeleton; Orangutan

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENEALOGY; GORILLA; HINDLIMB; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SKIN; TISSUE SECTION; TRAVEL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DISSECTION; GORILLA GORILLA; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PONGO PYGMAEUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 80054108102     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21449     Document Type: Article

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