Hindlimb proportions, allometry, and biomechanics in Old World monkeys (primates, Cercopithecidae).
Hindlimb proportions, allometry, and biomechanics in Old World monkeys (primates, Cercopithecidae).
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旧世界猴子（灵长类动物，猴科）的后肢比例、异速生长和生物力学。
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1992
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2.8
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E. Strasser
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作者：
E. Strasser
传统的关注形态而不是机械单位已经掩盖了灵长类动物后肢的一些重要功能差异。本文探讨了异速生长和生物力学的基础上，一些独特的比例差异对形态单位在后肢，特别是足，猕猴类灵长类动物。得出了五个主要结论。首先，许多后肢尺寸尺度与体重异速生长，以保持分类和运动组内的机械相似性。因此，大多数传统的指标，描述足的形状内的猕猴揭示的差异，主要是大小的函数。第二，colobines，特别是在长老，后肢节相对较长，可能是为了提高跳跃。第三，陆地长尾猴的主要区别分析的功能之间的指骨长度减少，由于减少的重要性，在运动和digitigrady的假设抓。第四，兽猿和雄性红猴相对于它们的身体质量具有较高的脚指数，这可以促进cusrosoriality。雌性E. patas已经具有作为其体重的函数的高脚指数。第五，猕猴在猕猴中形成了一个独特的群体，其特点是后肢相对较短。黑尾猕猴和黑尾猕猴后肢相对较短; thibetana认为气候条件对后肢节的长度有额外的影响。总之，这种分析的后肢节的长度相对于身体大小揭示了分类的差异，这是由于部分发育，在运动行为的差异，和基板的使用。
The traditional focus on morphological rather than mechanical units has obscured some significant functional differences in the hindlimbs of primates. This paper examines the allometric and biomechanical basis for some distinctive proportional differences among pairs of morphological units in the hindlimb, and especially the foot, of cercopithecid primates. Five major conclusions are reached. First, many hindlimb dimensions scale allometrically with body mass to maintain mechanical similarity within taxonomic and locomotor groups. Therefore, the majority of traditional indices which describe the shape of the foot within cercopithecids reveal differences which are primarily a function of size. Second, the hindlimb segments in colobines, and especially in Presbytis, are relatively long, probably to enhance leaping. Third, the major distinction of terrestrial cercopithecines among the features analysed is reduction in the length of the phalanges, due to the reduced importance of grasping during locomotion and the assumption of digitigrady. Fourth, Theropithecus and male Erythrocebus have high crural indices, relative to their body masses, which can facilitate curosoriality. Female E. patas already has a high crural index as a function of its body mass. Fifth, macaques form a distinctive group among cercopithecines, characterized by relatively short hindlimbs. Relatively very short hindlimbs in Macaca fuscata and M. thibetana suggest that climatic conditions can have an added effect on the lengths of the hindlimb segments. In summary, this analysis of the lengths of the hindlimb segments relative to body size reveals taxonomic differences which are due in part to phylogeny, to differences in locomotor behavior, and to substrate use.