Nature & Environment
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
...division of Figure 2. I've already drawn attention to the distinctive hands and feet of primates. shows some of this anatomical diversity in primates, including representatives of the monkeys and apes. The hand of a tree-shrew, i.e. a non-primate, is shown for contrast (Figure 3a); this climbing mammal is not particularly well adapted for living in trees (some species of...