Aleksandra A. Panyutina,Leonid P. Korzun,Alexander N.'s Flight of Mammals: From Terrestrial Limbs to Wings PDF

By Aleksandra A. Panyutina,Leonid P. Korzun,Alexander N. Kuznetsov

This e-book deals a brand new reason behind the improvement of flight in mammals and gives distinct morphological descriptions of mammals with flapping flight. The skeletomuscular gear of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of tree shrews, flying lemurs and bats is defined intimately. unique cognizance is paid to the popularity of surprising positive aspects of the skeleton and joints. For the elemental locomotor styles of flying lemurs and bats, the kinematic versions of the shoulder girdle components are built. an important locomotor postures of those animals are analyzed via statics. the major structural characters of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of flying lemurs and bats, the formation of which supplied transition of mammals from terrestrial locomotion to gliding after which, to flapping flight, are famous. the concept that is proposed that preadaptations previous the purchase of flapping flight can have come from broadly sprawled forelimb posture whereas gliding from tree to tree and operating up the thick trunks. it really is proven that flying lemur is an enough morphofunctional version for an ancestral degree of bats. The evolutionary ecomorphological state of affairs describing possible transformational levels of average parasagittal limbs of chiropteran ancestors into wings is developed.

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