Food prehension and manipulation in Microcebus murinus (Prosimii, Cheirogaleidae)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-188

  Reghem, E ^a,c   Tia, B ^b   Bels, V ^a   Pouydebat, E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UMR 7179   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Feeding; Grasping; Microcebus murinus; Primate; Repositioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; EATING; EVOLUTION; FINGER; HAND; MOUTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHEIROGALEIDAE; EATING; FINGERS; HAND; MOUTH; MOVEMENT;

CHEIROGALEIDAE; HAPLORHINI; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 83155168278     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334077     Document Type: Article

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