Epidermal patterns of the hands and feet of the pygmy chimpanzee ( Pan paniscus )

The characteristics of the epidermal ridge system were studied in a series of eighteen lesser or pygmy chimpanzees ( Pan paniscus ). The general ridge alignments are very similar to those of the chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ); Biegert ('61). On the average the pattern intensity (P.I.) of the palm configurations is considerably higher in the pygmy chimpanzee than in the chimpanzee, thus representing the highest total palm pattern intensity of all species of the Hominoidea. The sole configurations show parallel main results to those of the palm; however, the decreased sole pattern frequency of the pygmy chimpanzee is of a smaller predominance only as compared to the values of the other species of this superfamily. The preliminary data on the finger tip patterns, translated into P.I. values, are much higher than in chimpanzees and within the range of the mean values of gorillas (Brehme, '73), while those of the toes of pygmy chimpanzees seem to possess the lowest P.I. values of the African apes

Biology · Bonobo · Geography · Pan paniscus · Zoology · Ecology · Morphological variations and asymmetry · Primate Behavior and Ecology

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