macro-anatomy

Morphological Studies of the Forelimb Skeleton of the Orange Rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758)

Venkatesan Sundaram, Nicole Dumas, Andrew Adogwa, Suresh Rao & Shivananda B. Nayak · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

The aim of the study is to document the morphological details of the forelimb bones of the orange rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina). The bones were collected from 12 adult animals of both sexes. Each limb comprised of 47 bones (30 bones, 17 sesamoid bones). The clavicle was poo...