ANT203Y1 Lecture : ANT203 November 29.pdf
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Marking territory suborder: strepsirhini found in southern india. Diet: fruit (berries) and insects drops of urine on trees; also covers its hands in urine for leaving trail of scent; possibly also a better grip due to stickiness hunting stealth; moves very slowly and quietly. Lesser bush baby (galago) suborder: strepsirhini found in africa marking territory: scent marking with urine mode of locomotion: vertical clinging and leaping whereas lorises use stealth to hunt, galagos use speed; can jump up to 30x their body length. Golden bamboo lemur suborder: strepsirhini found in madagascar dietary adaptations: highly specialized - lives on a part of the bamboo plant - the pith. That is usually poisonous eats 12x as much cyanide as would kill another animals. Family: hylobatid found in south-east asia locomotion: fastest arboreal primate (jump about as far as a sifaka, but faster) - can catch a bird in mid-air.
