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The wrist joint of two-toed sloths and its relevance to brachiating adaptations in the hominoidea

✍ Scribed by Frank C. Mendel

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
990 KB
Volume
162
Category
Article
ISSN
0362-2525

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Two‐toed sloths have evolved a wrist complex that includes the following traits: (1) diminution and distal migration of the pisiform, with a loss of contact with the ulna; (2) reduction of the distal end of the ulna to a styloid process; and (3) extremely reduced contact between the ulna and triquetrum. These traits were proposed by Lewis ('65, '74) to be indicative of brachiating habits and to be a unique adaptation of the Hominoidea. Cartmill and Milton ('77) recently found a similar complex in the wrists of the lorisines. Very similar adaptations of the wrist among the Hominoidea, lorisines, and two‐toed sloths clearly refute contentions of Lewis and strengthen the hypothesis of Cartmill and Milton that the traits common to those animals are due to similar slow, cautious, but acrobatic locomotion.

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