SURFACE AREA IN A MONKEY, MACACUS RHESUS

Abstract

The skin areas of 6 monkeys were determined. The skin on the animal was coated with a quickly drying, tough lacquer, then removed, cut into pieces and the outlines of the pieces measured with a planimeter. It was found that 0.667 as the exponent of W in a formula of the Meeh-Rubner type gave the best agreement of calculated with measured areas. The mean value of K in the formula S = K.W% is 11.7, with an average deviation of [plus or minus]5.4%.