Primate Anatomy: an Introduction

San Diego: Academic Press, 2000. Second edition. Octavo in color illustrated wrappers (black spine); 506 pages; 23 cm.; wrappers are slightly curled with very light edgewear; o/w a clean copy with bright, crisp pages free of marks and creases; binding is tight; a gently used copy. Very good(+) to near fine copy. Paperback. ISBN: 0120586703

In English. Abstract: "Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, Second Edition is succinct and readable survey of primatology focusing on the anatomy of primates. This book is ideal for an introductory course in primatology and should appeal to both faculty and students who need a brief treatment of the essentials of primatology."--Jacket.Contents: Taxonomic list of extant primates -- Taxonomy -- Primatology -- A survey of living primates -- Skull -- Brain -- Teeth -- Postcranial skeleton -- Sense organs and viscera -- Placentation and early primates development -- Reproductive organs, reproduction, and growth -- Chromosomes and blood groups -- Molecular primatology.Descriptor: Primates -- Anatomy. Primates -- anatomy & histology.