ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tapetum Lucidum, Postorbital Bar, Lemur

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Max Friesen

Document Summary

Ant 100 lecture 4 - primate behaviour and ecology. Primates are mammals that are warm blooded, have hair on their bodies & they feed their young milk. ) These are the most common characteristics of a primate. They should be left alone and in the wild, and they do not make good pets as they can be up to six times stronger than any human beings in the world. Crepuscular: active at dawn and dusk (i. e. racoons or skunks) Cathemeral: an organism being active at any time of the day or night. Moist rhinarium (wet nose) i. e. dogs have dry noses until there is food, then they lick their noses to be able to tell what food is and what isn"t. Lemuroidea: madagascar and comoro islands, arboreal quadrupeds and leapers; some are partially terrestrial, many small-bodied species are nocturnal, female dominance, varied diet. Lorisoidea: found throughout sub-saharan africa and southeast asia.