L48 Anthro 150A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Common Chimpanzee, Gombe Stream National Park, Bushmeat
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10. 05. 09 females have small canines and no sagittal crest. *eat fruits, but live in environments that don"t have a lot of fruit available. *size: males: 160 kg (350 lbs) females: 70 kg (155 lbs) *fur: males have silver backs (silverback males) as they reach adulthood females have black fur their whole lives. *skulls: males have big canines and sagittal crests. Spend most of time on the ground eating leaves because they are too big to climb. *one big adult male, some adult females, and offspring. *males very peaceful in groups protect females, defend their group, peacekeepers within group (break up. *some adult males don"t have groups of females because of male-female ratios. *how quadrupeds with extremely large hands get around. Western parts of tanzania (gombe stream) and ivory coast. *size: males 45 kg (100 lbs) females 37 kg (80 lbs) *skulls: males have bigger canines, sometimes have sagittal crests. Split time between ground and trees travel a lot on ground.
