Hip and Thigh Anatomy of the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) with Comparisons to the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 577-589

  Carlon, Burcu ^a   Hubbard, Chris ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouded leopard; Felis catus; Muscle map; Neofelis nebulosa

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR LONGUS MUSCLE; ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULARIS COXAE MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CAT; FELIDAE; GEMELLUS CAUDALIS MUSCLE; GEMELLUS CRANIALIS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS PROFUNDUS MUSCLE; HIP; ILIAC BONE; ILIACUS MUSCLE; ISCHIUM; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; NONHUMAN; OBTURATORIUS EXTERNUS MUSCLE; PECTINEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MINOR MUSCLE; QUANDRATUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THIGH;

ANIMALS; CATS; FELIDAE; HIP; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA;

EID: 84858279414     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22418     Document Type: Article

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