Pelvic sexual dimorphism among species monomorphic in body size: relationship to relative newborn body mass.

ABSTRACT: Females have larger pelves than males among eutherians to mitigate obstetrical difficulty. This study addresses 3 issues concerning pelvic sexual dimorphism using 8 species that are sexually monomorphic in nonpelvic size: Aotus azarae , Castor canadensis , Dasypus novemcinctus , Hylobates lar , Saguinus geoffroyi , Sciurus carolinensis , Sylvilagus floridanus , and Urocyon cinereoargenteus . Using published data to compute the index of relative newborn body mass (RNBM = [newborn body mass/adult female body mass]100%) for 266 eutherian species, A. azarae , H. lar , and S. geoffroyi are characterized as giving birth to relatively large newborns and the other 5 species as giving birth to relatively small newborns. Th

SUBMITTER: Tague RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169469 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature