
Published online:
24 May 2012
Published in print:
24 February 2012
Online ISBN:
9780199949373
Print ISBN:
9780199764167
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33.1 Insects and Spiders 33.1 Insects and Spiders
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33.1.1 The Praying Mantis 33.1.1 The Praying Mantis
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33.1.2 Ants 33.1.2 Ants
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33.1.3 Bees 33.1.3 Bees
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33.1.4 Flies, Moths, and Dragonflies 33.1.4 Flies, Moths, and Dragonflies
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33.1.5 Grasshoppers and Locusts 33.1.5 Grasshoppers and Locusts
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33.1.6 Jumping Spiders 33.1.6 Jumping Spiders
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33.1.7 Scanning Eyes and Motion Parallax 33.1.7 Scanning Eyes and Motion Parallax
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33.2 Crustaceans 33.2 Crustaceans
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33.2.1 Trilobites, Shrimps, and Crayfish 33.2.1 Trilobites, Shrimps, and Crayfish
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33.2.2 Crabs 33.2.2 Crabs
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33.3 Fish 33.3 Fish
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33.3.1 The Visual System of Fish 33.3.1 The Visual System of Fish
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33.3.2 Adaptations in Deep-Sea Fish 33.3.2 Adaptations in Deep-Sea Fish
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33.3.3 Archer Fish 33.3.3 Archer Fish
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33.4 Amphibians 33.4 Amphibians
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33.4.1 Frogs and Toads 33.4.1 Frogs and Toads
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33.4.1a Visual System of Frogs and Toads 33.4.1a Visual System of Frogs and Toads
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33.4.1b Adaptations to Eye Rotation 33.4.1b Adaptations to Eye Rotation
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33.4.1c Depth Discrimination in Frogs and Toads 33.4.1c Depth Discrimination in Frogs and Toads
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33.4.2 Salamanders 33.4.2 Salamanders
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33.5 Reptiles 33.5 Reptiles
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33.6 Birds 33.6 Birds
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33.6.1 Pigeons 33.6.1 Pigeons
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33.6.2 Hawks, Falcons, and Eagles 33.6.2 Hawks, Falcons, and Eagles
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33.6.3 Owls 33.6.3 Owls
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33.7 Mammals 33.7 Mammals
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33.7.1 Meerkats and Rodents 33.7.1 Meerkats and Rodents
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33.7.2 Ungulates 33.7.2 Ungulates
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33.8 Evolution of Visual Depth Perception 33.8 Evolution of Visual Depth Perception
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33.8.1 Basic Conditions for Evolution of Sensory Mechanisms 33.8.1 Basic Conditions for Evolution of Sensory Mechanisms
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33.8.2 Evolution of Monocular Mechanisms 33.8.2 Evolution of Monocular Mechanisms
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33.8.3 Evolution of Frontal Vision 33.8.3 Evolution of Frontal Vision
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33.8.4 Evolution of Stereoscopic Vision 33.8.4 Evolution of Stereoscopic Vision
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33.8.4a Advantages of Stereoscopic Vision 33.8.4a Advantages of Stereoscopic Vision
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33.8.4b Evolution of Disparity Detection 33.8.4b Evolution of Disparity Detection
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Chapter
33 Visual Depth Perception in the Animal Kingdom
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233–259
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Published:February 2012
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Howard, Ian P., 'Visual Depth Perception in the Animal Kingdom', Perceiving in Depth: Volume 3 Other Mechanisms of Depth Perception, Oxford Psychology Series (2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 May 2012), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199764167.003.0231, accessed 9 May 2025.
Abstract
Some insight into how depth-detection systems evolved may be gained by studying mechanisms of depth perception in the animal kingdom, from insects to mammals. Most of our knowledge about visual depth perception has come from cats and primates. But in the animal kingdom there is a great variety of mechanisms of depth perception and some remarkable examples of parallel evolution of these mechanisms. This chapter reviews some of the highly specialized visual mechanisms that have evolved in response to the demands of particular ecological niches. It ends with a discussion of how frontal vision and stereoscopic vision may have evolved.
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