MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRICAL FEATURES OF THE SCAPULA IN CHLOROCEBUS SABAEUS FROM SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ISLANDS

The present paper describes the morphological and morphometrical characteristics of the scapula in the Green Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands. The purpose of our study is to provide a complete anatomical and morphometrical evaluation of the scapula that may serve for radiologi-cal or surgical diagnosis or interventions and to esta-blish a reference set of comparative data for related species. Methods include the anatomical, classical ap-proach, describing the characteristics of the bony emi-nences and depressions found while the morphometri-cal investigation tackles a series of standard and non-standard measurements and indices calculated based on these measurements. The results of our study are systematically presented as anatomical and then me-trical conclusions, with the main conclusions pointing to characteristics similar to those of other monkey species, such as S. leucopus or some other non-hu-man primates, with features that indicate a significant amount of adaptation for arboreal locomotion.