A case of syndactyly in a captive bred white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus nigricollis) is reported which involved the fusion of metacarpals 3 and 4 of both hands. Variations in the vertebral formula among the parents and offspring were also found.
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Hetherington et al. (1975) studied this question.
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