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Morphometric data for adult lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)

✍ Scribed by N. C. Harvey; A. S. Clarke; D. G. Lindburg

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
343 KB
Volume
85
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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✦ Synopsis

Basic morphometric data were collected from 22 adult lion-tailed macaques (M. silenus) of both sexes. M. silenus is a rare primate species from which adequate morphometric data have not heretofore been available for comparative purposes. Data collected include measures of gross body size (weight; crown-rump and rump-heel length), and for males, measures of secondary sexual characteristics (canine tooth and testes size). Degree of sexual dimorphism was marked, with males significantly larger and heavier than females. The three body size measures were correlated for males but not for females. There was substantial variation among individual males in secondary sex characteristics measurements. The data indicate than lion-tailed macaque morphometrics are consonant with the general pattern of positive allometry for body size and sexual dimorphism characteristic of the primate order.

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