ANTB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frugivore, Cecum, White-Eyelid Mangabey
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Dietary categories frugivore: fruits folivore : leaves gumnivore : tree sap, gum faunivore : animal prey (insects and vertebrates) insectivore : insects omnivore: varied diet , example: chimpanzee. *category based on what animal mostly eats, different sites they will eat different. Dietary dependence on body size see strier, pg. Primate diets a& body size happens at 500g gumnivores tend to be small-bodied. Frugivore teeth: molar low, rounded cusps (cercocebus, steles) = Folivore teeth: molar sharp, shearing, crests (propithecus presbytis) = increase surface area and need to chew leaves so need sharp shearing crests teeth to cut it down strier, 149. Dental adaptations papio = broad incisors = frugivore teeth alouatta = small incisors = folivore teeth. Primates as predators many primates will eat lizards, small birds opportunistically example: mongos lemurs sometimes primates will even kill and eat small mammals ( strier, pg 156 - capuchin monksy with coati prey)
