Observations on the anatomy of Nycticebus tardigradus / by St. George Mivart and James Murie.

  • Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900.
Date:
[1865]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the anatomy of Nycticebus tardigradus / by St. George Mivart and James Murie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    anticus major, and the generally extensive development of the mus- cles of the ventral surface of the spine. All these peculiarities of muscular structure must be considered in connexion with the singular movements which this animal is capable of making, and which it habitually employs in its arboreal manner of life. We allude especially to its Sloth-like mode of pro- gression, and its great power of slowly and easily raising up the head and anterior part of the body while hanging suspended by its poste- rior extremities alone. [18]