Phylogenies consistently group the folivorous Lepilemur species with the small‐bodied insectivorous‐frugivorous cheirogaleids. Juvenile lepilemurs and adult cheirogaleids share allometries in most aspects of skull morphology, except the palate. We investigated potential influences on palate shape in these taxa and several outgroups using geometric morphometrics.

中文翻译：

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Lepilemur-Cheirogaleidae进化枝（灵长类：Strepsirrhini）上颚形状的演变。

系统发育学一直将叶状钩端螺旋体种类与小体食虫性和节食性拟鞭毛体分类。除了上颚外，幼年的上钩膜幼虫和成年的拟变体在颅骨形态的大多数方面都具有同种异形体。我们使用几何形态计量学研究了这些类群和几个外群对pa形状的潜在影响。