ArticleRoyal Society open science2022
Effects of reduced mobility on trabecular bone density in captive big cats.
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- The impact of footwear on human talar trabecular architecture.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Morphofunctional effects of captivity on the microanatomy of the talus bone in a wild ungulate (Sus scrofa).Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Wild bonobos experience unusually low bone resorption during early lactation relative to humans and other mammals.Evolutionary human sciences · 2025Article
- A new biomechanical model of the mammal jaw based on load path analysis.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- Maxillary morphology of chimpanzees: Captive versus wild environments.Journal of anatomy · 2024Article
- An Anatomical Study Using Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Rhinoscopy of the Nasal Cavity of Domestic Cat (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Raccoons Reveal Hidden Diversity in Trabecular Bone Development.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Effects of reduced mobility on trabecular bone density in captive big cats.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Bone responds to elevated mechanical loading by increasing in mass and density. Therefore, wild animals should exhibit greater skeletal mass and density than captive conspecifics. This expectation is pertinent to testing bone functional adaptation theories and to comparative studies, which commonly use skeletal remains that combine zoo and wild-caught specimens. Conservationists are also interested in the effects of captivity on bone morphology as it may influence rewilding success. We compared trabecular bone volume fraction (BVF) between wild and captive mountain lions, cheetahs, leopards and jaguars. We found significantly greater BVF in wild than in captive felids. Effects of captivity were more marked in the humerus than in the femur. A ratio of humeral/femoral BVF was also lower in captive animals and showed a positive relationship to home range size in wild animals. Results are consistent with greater forelimb than hindlimb loading during terrestrial travel, and possibly reduced loading of the forelimb associated with lack of predatory behaviour in captive animals. Thus, captivity among felids has general effects on BVF in the postcranial skeleton and location-specific effects related to limb use. Caution should be exercised when identifying skeletal specimens for use in comparative studies and when rearing animals for conservation purposes.
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