Anatomical adaptations of the hind limb musculature of tree-kangaroos for arboreal locomotion (Marsupialia:Macropodinae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-258

  Warburton, Natalie M ^a,b   Yakovleff, Maud ^c   Malric, Auréline ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Dendrolagus; marsupial evolution; myology; Setonix.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENETICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND;

DENDROLAGUS; DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZI; MACROPODINAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS IRMA; METATHERIA; SETONIX; SETONIX BRACHYURUS;

EID: 84872145625     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO12059     Document Type: Article

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