Abstract
The mammalian clade Afrotheria was created as a result of Stanhope et al, 1998. Paleontologists and comparative anatomists have struggled to find unique skeletal and dental features that characterize the clade, but there has been very little research on the soft tissue anatomy of afrotherian mammals. My dissertation research has focused on dissecting the forelimbs of members of Afrotheria: three sengis (Order Macroscelidea), two hyraxes (Order Hyracoidea), one aardvark (Order Tubulidentata), two tenrecs and one golden mole (Order Afrosoricida), and comparing their anatomy with published descriptions of other mammals. Features of particular interest within the afrotherian hand are the robust and unusual flexor breves digitorum manus and the pattern of the contrahentes. Also of note are the sesamoid bones in the flexor retinaculum and over the carpals, the relative unimportance of the flexor digitorum superficialis, and the distribution of the median and ulnar nerves.Grant Funding Source: none
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