ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dominatrix, Gibbon, Callitrichidae
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Primate activity patterns: nocturnal: active at night, diurnal: active during day, crepuscular: active at dawn & dusk, cathemeral: active any time of day or night. Primate taxonomy: graph, do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:373)e(cid:373)orize, o(cid:374)ly so(cid:373)e of it (cid:894)tell us before test(cid:895) 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 saharan africa and southeast asia, lorises and galagos, arboreal quadrupeds, nocturnal, varied diets. Lemurs endemic to madagascar: fred the sifaka, mouse lemurs (55g) loves bananas. Lorises and galagos: lorises have big eyeballs, produces neurotox, licks the baby and parks the baby then goes out to forage, anything that tries to bite that baby might die. Haplorhine characteristics: dry nose, retinal fovea indication that we have remarkable clear vision during daytime (males see 3 colours, females see 2 colours, postorbital closure, fused mandibular and frontal symphases, three infraorders:
