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. 2017 Apr 26;5:e3229. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3229

Table 1. Primate species and mean curvature (and number) of ulnae and humeri used.

Locomotor behaviour of each species is also shown. Locomotor behaviour is classified as 1, arboreal; 2, semi arboreal; 3, terrestrial.

Family Primate species Common name Ulnae Humeri Locomotion
Lorisidae Nycticebus coucang Slow loris −0.029 (3) 0.037 (3) 1
Nycticebus tardigradus Bengal loris −0.033 (1) 0.04 (1) 1
Perodicticus potto Potto −0.048 (1) 0.029 (1) 1
Galago sp. Bushbaby 0.02 (1) 0.035 (1) 1
Lemuridae Eulemur mongoz Mongoose lemur −0.023 (2) 0.063 (3) 1
Lemur catta Ring-tailed lemur −0.014 (2) 0.049 (2) 2
Varecia variegata Ruffled lemur −0.034 (1) 0.064 (1) 2
Indriidae Indri indri Indri −0.012 (1) −0.028 (1) 1
Propithecus verreauxi Sifaka −0.049 (2) 0.036 (2) 1
Propithecus diadema Sifaka −0.054 (2) 0.033 (2) 1
Callitrichidae Leontropithecus rosalia Golden lion tamarin −0.021 (1) 0.056 (1) 1
Callithrix jacchus Marmoset 0.033 (6) 0.05 (6) 1
Cebidae Cebus capucinus White-faced capuchin 0.028 (1) 0.05 (1) 1
Ateles sp. Spider monkey 0.003 (1) 0.067 (1) 1
Cercopithidae Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque −0.015 (4) 0.054 (3) 1
Macaca fuscatus Japanese macaque −0.008 (1) 0.048 (1) 2
Macaca silenus Liontail macaque −0.001 (2) 0.053 (2) 1
Macaca nemestrina Pigtail macaque −0.016 (3) 0.051 (3) 2
Macaca nigra Celebes ape 0.007 (3) 0.064 (2) 2
Papio hamadryas Hamadryas baboon 0.011 (3) 0.064 (3) 3
Papio ursinus Chacma baboon 0.004 (3) 0.61 (3) 3
Mandrillus leucophaeus Drill 0.03 (3) 0.056 (3) 3
Trachypithecus pileatus Capped langur −0.018 (1) 0.043 (1) 1
Procolobus verus Olive colobus −0.018 (1) 0.041 (1) 1
Chlorocebus aethiops Grivet −0.011 (1) 0.071 (1) 2
Hominidae Pongo pygmaeus Orangutan −0.06 (4) −0.01 (5) 1
Gorilla gorilla Gorilla −0.031 (1) −0.022 (1) 3
Pan troglodytes Chimpanzee −0.044 (6) −0.012 (4) 2