Asymmetrical gait kinematics of free-ranging callitrichine primates in response to changes in substrate diameter and orientation

NT Dunham, A McNamara, LJ Shapiro… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
… We then used linear mixed models to examine the effects of gait kinematic variables on …
and to what extent diagonal sequence gaits are functionally linked to the fine-branch niche. …

Not all fine-branch locomotion is equal: Grasping morphology determines locomotor performance on narrow supports

JW Young, BA Chadwell - Journal of human evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
… how variation in support diameter affects functional aspects of … effects on fine-branch locomotor
performance during primate … Exemplar high-speed videos of the four types of gaits coded …

The gaits of marsupials and the evolution of diagonal‐sequence walking in primates

M Cartmill, K Brown, C Atkinson… - American journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… footfall patterns, and that the walking gaits of primates differ … DS gaits on the ground but
predominantly LS gaits on branches … carnivore resembling a canid of medium size (20–30 kg) in …

Robust locomotor performance of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) in response to simulated changes in support diameter and compliance

NM Schapker, BA Chadwell… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Primate gaits are further distinguished from those of other … Moreover, if the fine branch niche
were critical to primate locomotor … The only instance where this pattern was reversed was on …

Ecological and phylogenetic influences on limb joint kinematics in wild primates

J Janisch, A McNamara, LC Myers… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… Even though we don’t find an effect of substrate diameter overall, individual species respond
… that primates should prefer a diagonal sequence walking gait on smaller branches (Cartmill …

The quadrupedal walking gait of the olive baboon, Papio anubis: an exploratory study integrating kinematics and EMG

F Druelle, A Supiot, S Meulemans… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
… To explore the quadrupedal walking gait of non-human primates … (branch) and while
spontaneously using lateral sequence/… In addition, given the small size of our sample, our results …

[PDF][PDF] The central role of small vertical substrates for the origin of grasping in early primates

S Toussaint, A Llamosi, L Morino, D Youlatos - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
… analog to early primates based on its gait patterns [24, 42], … Our results show a clear effect
of the substrate diameter on the … fine-branch use, as suggested for early primate differentiation …

… gaits on discontinuous supports in Japanese macaques and implications for the adaptive significance of the diagonal‐sequence, diagonal‐couplet gait of primates

R Goto, Y Kinoshita, T Shitara… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… arboreal branches. Only a few studies have examined … the DC pattern may offer a diagonal
support pattern with high … substantial impact on the footfall sequence than substrate diameter (…

Kinematic adjustments to arboreal locomotion in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Y Higurashi, H Kumakura - Primates, 2021 - Springer
sequence gait within an individual subject, the effects of speed … diameter of the substrate
relative to the body size of the animal. In this study, the pole’s diameter was 48.6 m, and monkey

… treeshrew (Scandentia: Tupaiidae: Tupaia belangeri) in the context of primate locomotor evolution: A comprehensive analysis of gait, positional, and grasping …

MC Granatosky, SLD Toussaint… - … Zoology Part A …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
patterns in northern treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri) based on … as a random effect, and species,
gait type, substrate diameter, and log-… Like primates, northern treeshrews are small-branch