Forelimb proportions and kinematics: how are small primates different from other small mammals?

Hind limb proportions and kinematics: are small primates different from other small mammals?

Similar in body size, locomotor behaviour and morphology to the last common ancestor of Primates, living small quadrupedal primates provide a convenient model for investigating the evolution of primate locomotion. In this study, the hind limb kinematics of quadrupedal walking in mouse lemurs, brown lemurs, cotton-top tamarins and squirrel monkeys are analysed using cineradiography. The scaling ...

Basic limb kinematics of small therian mammals.

A comparative study of quantitative kinematic data of fore- and hindlimb movements of eight different mammalian species leads to the recognition of basic principles in the locomotion of small therians. The description of kinematics comprises fore- and hindlimb movements as well as sagittal spine movements including displacement patterns of limb segments, their contribution to step length, and j...

Brain size and ecology in small mammals and primates.

Comparisons of brain-body size relationships within small mammal and primate families reveal intergeneric differences related to diet and foraging strategy. These same associations between relative brain size and ecology are also evident among interfamily comparisons.

Interval Estimation for Small Area Proportions with Small True Proportions from Stratified Random Sampling Survey Data∗†

Consider interval estimation of m small area proportions Pi (i = 1, · · · ,m), where we assume a stratified random sampling design with equal number of observations n in each stratum, and where the domains of interest are the strata. A 100(1 − α)% confidence interval for Pi that has appeared repeatedly in the literature and is used in application is given by P̂ i ± zα/2 √ msei, where P̂ i and mse...

Leptospirosis in small mammals of Iran: II: Isolation of Leptospira grippotyphosa, from Mus musculus