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Skeletal Morphology and the Phylogeny of the Lemuridae

A Cladistic Analysis

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New Directions in Lemur Studies

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This paper reports the results of fourteen parsimony analyses of skeletal morphological characteristics of members of the Family Lemuridae. These treatments differed in the data set (quantitative or qualitative) chosen for analysis, as well as the selected outgroup. Outgroup species included members of the families Lepilemuridae, Cheirogaleidae, and Indridae. The data presented here, particularly when viewed in conjunction with those of other studies based on independent data sets, support the following hypothesis of lemurid relationships: thatHapalemurandLemurare sister taxa, thatEulemuris the sister taxon to theHapalemur-Lemurclade, and thatVareciais the sister taxon to the former three.

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Randria, G.F.N. (1999). Skeletal Morphology and the Phylogeny of the Lemuridae. In: Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ganzhorn, J.U., Goodman, S.M. (eds) New Directions in Lemur Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4705-1_3

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