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Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Studying mammals: Life in the trees

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Figure 1 & 2 Macdonald, D. (ed.) (2001), The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Oxford University Press;

Figure 3 & 4 Napier, J. R. (1970) A Handbook of Living Primates: Morphology, Ecology and Behaviour of Nonhuman Primates, Academic Press/Elsevier Science;

Figure 5 (a) Miyake, S. et al. (1991) Three-dimensional analysis of the peculiar arterial patterns of the extremities in Lorisidae: the rete mirabile, Primatology Today, Elsevier Science;

Figure 5 (b) Suckling, J. A., Suckling, E. E. and Walker, A. (1969) Suggested function of the vascular bundles in the limbs of Perodictus potto, Nature, vol. 221, January 25 1969. With permission of Nature (http://www.nature.com);

Figure 6 (a) Garbutt, N. (1999), Mammals of Madagascar, Pica Press;

Figure 7 Macdonald, D. (ed.) (2001), The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Oxford University Press.

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