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- Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Evolution, Morphology and the Fossil Record
- 2 Sluggards and Drunkards?
- 3 What We Know (and Don’t Know) About the Fossil Records of Lorisids
- 4 Outliers
- 5 Molecular Advances in Lorisid Taxonomy and Phylogeny
- 6 The Toothcomb of Karanisia clarki
- 7 The Soft-Tissue Anatomy of the Highly Derived Hand of Perodicticus Relative to the More Generalised Nycticebus
- 8 Making Scents of Olfactory Sensitivity in Lorises and Pottos
- 9 Allometric and Phylogenetic Diversity in Lorisiform Orbit Orientation
- 10 The Evolution of Social Organisation in Lorisiformes
- 11 Biomechanics of Loris Locomotion
- 12 What Role Did Gum-Feeding Play in the Evolution of the Lorises?
- Part II Ecology and Captive Management
- Part III Research, Trade and Conservation
- References
- Index
9 - Allometric and Phylogenetic Diversity in Lorisiform Orbit Orientation
from Part I - Evolution, Morphology and the Fossil Record
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2020
- Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Evolution, Morphology and the Fossil Record
- 2 Sluggards and Drunkards?
- 3 What We Know (and Don’t Know) About the Fossil Records of Lorisids
- 4 Outliers
- 5 Molecular Advances in Lorisid Taxonomy and Phylogeny
- 6 The Toothcomb of Karanisia clarki
- 7 The Soft-Tissue Anatomy of the Highly Derived Hand of Perodicticus Relative to the More Generalised Nycticebus
- 8 Making Scents of Olfactory Sensitivity in Lorises and Pottos
- 9 Allometric and Phylogenetic Diversity in Lorisiform Orbit Orientation
- 10 The Evolution of Social Organisation in Lorisiformes
- 11 Biomechanics of Loris Locomotion
- 12 What Role Did Gum-Feeding Play in the Evolution of the Lorises?
- Part II Ecology and Captive Management
- Part III Research, Trade and Conservation
- References
- Index
Summary
There is a rich history of work on paramasticatory and masticatory adaptations underlying phenotypic diversity in the feeding apparatus of lorisiform primates (Dumont, 1997; Nash, 1986a; Ravosa et al., 2010; Vinyard, 2007; Vinyard et al., 2003, 2007; Williams et al., 2002). Related studies have addressed the ontogenetic underpinnings of size-related patterns of craniomandibular covariation in lorisids and galagids, which constitute the two extant families of lorisiforms (Ravosa, 1998, 2007; Ravosa et al., 2010). Despite longstanding interest in the unique circumorbital region of taxa such as the slender loris (Cartmill, 1972), less well known is the role of allometry on variation in the circumorbital form of lorisiform and lemuriform strepsirrhines (Ravosa et al., 2006).
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- Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos , pp. 113 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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