Postsacral vertebral morphology in relation to tail length among primates and other mammals

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 354-375

  Russo, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Functional morphology; Sacrum; Tail length; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; CALLITRICHINAE; CASTORIDAE; CAVIIDAE; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEETAH; DAUBENTONIIDAE; DENDROLAGUS; ERETHIZONTIDAE; FELIDAE; GALAGIDAE; HETEROMYIDAE; HOMINID; HYENA; KANGAROO; KOALA; LEMURIDAE; LORISIDAE; LYNX; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA TONKEANA; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHALANGERIDAE; PITHECIIDAE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT KANGAROO; RELATIVE TAIL LENGTH; SACRUM; TAIL; VERTEBRA; VIVERRIDAE; VOMBATIIDAE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SCANDENTIA;

ACINONYX; DENDROLAGUS; HOMINOIDEA; LYNX; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA TONKEANA; MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTOS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SACRUM; SCANDENTIA; TAIL;

EID: 84921022648     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23004     Document Type: Article

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