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Author Ankel-Simons, Friderun

Title Primate Anatomy : an Introduction
Edition 3rd ed
Published Burlington : Elsevier, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (747 pages)
Contents Front cover -- Primate Anatomy An Introduction -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter 1: Taxonomic List of Extant Primates -- Chapter 2: Taxonomy -- Chapter 3: A History and Objectives of Primatology -- Chapter 4: Survey of Living Primates -- Chapter 5: Skull -- Chapter 6: Brain -- Chapter 7: Teeth -- Chapter 8: Postcranial Skeleton -- Chapter 9: Sense Organs and Viscera -- Chapter 10: Placentation and Early Primate Development -- Chapter 11: Reproductive Organs, Reproduction, and Growth
Summary This book is unlike ay other work on primates: it systematically reviews the biology of all living primates, including humans. It describes their bio-geographical information and provides crucial data pertaining to their body size, fur coloration external distinguishing features, habitat and basic life strategies
Analysis Primates--Anatomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-690) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Primates -- Anatomy.
Primates -- anatomy & histology
Primates -- Anatomy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780080469119
0080469116
9780123725769
0123725763