ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Common Chimpanzee, Catarrhini, Gibbon
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Lemurs are from madagascar, separate from mainland africa. This brings the question, how did prosimians make it to madagascar? . Most species of lemurs now are very small but they were once very large subfossil lemurs. Coquerel s sifaka lemurs are specialized for vertical clinging and leaping. Ring-tailed lemurs are more terrestrial than other lemurs and are mostly diurnal. Mouse lemurs are the smallest living primates and are nocturnal. Aye-aye lemurs are the largest living nocturnal primates. The only primate to be exclusively faunivorous. Mode of locomotion is called brachiation (swinging) Have an enlarged hyoid bone which helps them make their distinctive call. We know this because many old world monkeys, such as baboons and mandrills, have colorful butts and noses. These would only be useful if their peers could see colors. Includes hylobatidae (lesser apes), pongidae (great apes) and hominidae (humans) Gibbons form monogamous pairings, locomote by brachiation and are found in southern.
