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XIII.—The Abdominal Portion of the Alimentary System in Hapalemur and Lepilemur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

D. V. Davies  and
W. C. Osman Hill
D. V. Davies
Affiliation:
Professor of Anatomy, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
W. C. Osman Hill
Affiliation:
Prosector, Zoological Society of London.
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Synopsis

A detailed consideration of the morphology, peritoneal and topographical relations, blood supply and certain aspects of the histology of the alimentary tube are considered in these two rare lemurines, the anatomy of which has hitherto been very incompletely known. Evidence is presented of the structural apartness of Hapalemur from Lepilemur and Lemur and therefore for its separation in a separate subfamily of Lemuridæ. Differences between Hapalemur and Lepilemur are seen in the stomach, cæcum, colon, spleen, liver and gall-bladder. The resemblance of the spleen of Hapalemur to that of the marsupials proclaims its primitive status, while the fissuration and relative sizes of the main hepatic lobes show noteworthy differences in the two genera. In some respects Hapalemur approaches the Cheirogaleinæ, but cannot be included by definition within that subfamily.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , 1954 , pp. 182 - 204
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1954

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