ANT100Y1 Lecture : Primate Ecology & Behaviour
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Primates are mammals (warm blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young) --grasping hands and feet, collarbone (clavicle), radius and ulna, forward facing eyes and stereoscopic vision (visual overlap which provides depth perception), great proportion of our brain for eyesight. Cathemeral: active any time of day or night. Omnivore: varied diet of any of the above. Know primate taxonomy up until the infraorder level. Arboreal quadruplets and leapers; some are partially terrestrial. Found throughout sub saharan africa and southeast asis. Relatively large eyes, with fused lower leg bones. Prehensile tail in few species can support themselves with tails. Cercopithecidae, hylobatidae, and hominidae variety of diets, social organizations, and adaptations. Alot of facial expressions can be related back to primates like chimpanzees. Scaling: area (l times w) and volume (l times width times d) change at different rates. Animal doubles in size will be eight times heavier. Small animals have greater heat (energy) loss than larger animals.
