Locomotion, Limb Proportions, and Skeletal Allometry in Lemurs and Lorises
- 22 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Folia Primatologica
- Vol. 32 (1-2) , 8-28
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000155901
Abstract
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.Keywords
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