The ecological role of the prehensile ta
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Garber, P.A.; Rehg, J.A.
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Prehensile tails appear to have evolved at least twice in platyrrhine evolution. In the atelines, the tail is relatively long and possesses a bare area on the distal part of its ventral surface that is covered with dermatoglyphs and richly innervated with Meissner's corpuscles. In contrast, the preh