LOCOMOTION, LIMB PROPORTIONS, AND SKELETAL ALLOMETRY IN LEMURS AND LORISES

被引:63
作者
JUNGERS, WL
机构
[1] Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
关键词
Functional morphology; Locomotion; Prosimians Skeletal allometry;
D O I
10.1159/000155901
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
The allometric patterns of postcranial scaling in lemurs (Lemuridae and Indriidae) and lorises (Lorisinae) are established and discussed in relation to locomotor and postural adaptations. The scaling trends of each limb and its components vary significantly among these three prosimian groups, but all are functionally explicable in reference to habitual locomotor behavior and details of substrate utilization. © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel.
引用
收藏
页码:8 / 28
页数:21
相关论文
共 56 条