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Humeral Epiphyseal Shape in the Felidae: The Influence of Phylogeny, Allometry, and Locomotion

Date

Authors

Walmsley, Anthony

Elton, Sarah

Louys, Julien

Bishop, Laura

Meloro, Carlo

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Abstract

Bone morphology of the cats (Mammalia: Felidae) is influenced by many factors, including locomotor mode, body size, hunting methods, prey size and phylogeny. Here, we investigate the shape of the proximal and distal humeral epiphyses in extant species of

Keywords

Keywords: animal; article; bone; cat; classification; discriminant analysis; epiphysis; Felidae; histology; humerus; locomotion; phylogeny; physiology; principal component analysis; Animals; Bone and Bones; Cats; Discriminant Analysis; Epiphyses; Felidae; Humerus; Allometry; Felidae; Geometric morpho metrics; Humerus; Locomotion; Phylogeny

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31060

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Morphology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1002/jmor.20084

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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