COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SELECTED GENERA OF NON-GLIDING AND GLIDING MAMMALS (PHALANGERIDAE, SCIURIDAE, ANOMALURIDAE, AND CYNOCEPHALIDAE)
The convergent gliding adaptations in four mammalian families (Sciuridae, Anomaluridae, Cynocephalidae, and Phalangeridae) are compared. These adaptations are contrasted with the non-gliding arboreal genera Sciurus, Pseudocheirus, and Hemibelideus. Both functional and evolutionary aspects of the pro...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1980
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8101371 |