Limb proportions and adaptations in caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)

Caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) are an anatomically variable group with diverse ecological and morphological types, including cursorial, digging, fossorial and swimming forms. Their appendicular skeleton is rather generalized and extreme modifications or reductions in the long bones of limbs are not present. It is of special interest to evaluate functional adaptive variations of the appendicular skeleton within this group. Although...