Morphometrical comparison between Indian- and Chinese-derived rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

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ID6136005
AuthorsYuzuru Hamada (Morphology Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (0000-0002-6094-7728, Faculty of Human Relations, Sugiyama Women’s University), Kaoru Chatani (Morphology Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University), Seiji Hayakawa (Morphology Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University), Mitsuo Iwamoto (51 Aioi, Inuyama City)
Year2005
Volume113
Issue2
Pages183-188
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
PublisherAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.03104
OpenAlexW2001263922
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited22

Using standard methods, we describe the morphometric characteristics of Indian- and Chinese-derived rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) reared at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. The most significant morphometric difference found between the two populations was in tail length, which was ca. 45% and 35% of crown–rump length in the Indian- and Chinese-derived rhesuses, respectively. There were no major differences between the two populations in terms of the other parameters of body size/proportion, although the Chinese-derived rhesuses tended to be larger than the Indian-derived rhesuses by 2–5% and there were some differences in the proportions of extremities. This morphometric similarity can be interpreted from either phylogenetic (recent divergence) or adaptive (similarities in habitat) perspectives

Allometry · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Macaque · Phylogenetic tree · Primate · Rump · Significant difference · Similarity (geometry · Statistics · Zoology · Amphibian and Reptile Biology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Mathematics · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Anatomy · Ecology · Genetics

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