Böhmer, Christine,

Atlas of terrestrial mammal limbs / Christine Böhmer, Jean-Christophe Theil, Anne-Claire Fabre, Anthony Herrel. - 1 online resource (xx, 383 pages) : illustrations

Introduction -- Limbs and Locomotion -- Comparative Anatomy. Anatomical Terms of Location -- Limb skeleton -- Limb musculature -- Muscle maps -- Martes foina (European stone marten) -- Meles meles (European badger) -- Nasua nasua (South American coati) -- Potos flavus (Kinkajou) -- Cuon alpinus (Dhole) -- Vulpes vulpes (Red fox) -- Herpestes auropunctatus (Small Indian mongoose) -- Cryptoprocta ferox (Fossa) -- Hyaena hyaena (Striped hyena) -- Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) -- Panthera leo (Lion) -- Manis tricuspis (Tree pangolin) -- Sus scrofa (Wild boar) -- Capreolus capreolus (European roe deer) -- Erinaceus europaeus (European hedgehog) -- Chiropotes satanas (Brown-bearded saki) -- Cuniculus oryctolagus (European rabbit) -- Laonastes aenigmamus (Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou) -- Octodon degus (Degu) -- Sciurus vulgaris (Eurasion red squirrel) -- Pedetes capensis (Springhare) -- Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster) -- Meriones unguiculatus (Mongolian gerbil) -- Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) -- Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (Short-snouted elephant shrew) -- Bradypus tridactylus (Pale-Throated Three-Toed sloth) -- Dasyurus viverrinus (Easter quoll) -- Philander opoussum (Gray four-eyed opossum) -- Muscle synonyms. Non-exhaustive list of references on mammalian limb muscle anatomy.

Atlas of Terrestrial Mammal Limbs is the first comprehensive and detailed anatomy book on a broad phylogenetic and ecological range of mammals. This extraordinary new work features more than 400 photographs and illustrations visualizing the limb musculature of 28 different species. Standardized views of the dissected bodies and concise text descriptions make it easy to compare the anatomy across different taxa. It provides tables of nomenclature and comparative muscle maps (schematic drawings on the origins and insertions of the muscles onto bones) in a diversity of animals. Atlas of Terrestrial Mammal Limbs is a reliable reference and an indispensable volume for all students and professional researchers in biology, paleontology, and veterinary medicine.

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Extremities (Anatomy)
Anatomy, Comparative.
Mammals--Anatomy.
NATURE / Animals
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cytology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution

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