FOR201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chordate, Ant, Amazonian Manatee
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Paleotropics- old world: asia + africa spider monkeys marmosets tamarins. Prosimian primates paleotropics only galagos pottos lemurs restricted to madagascar. Monkey business so many species because of so many resources frugiborous: fruits gibbons folivorous: leaves colobus. Folivorous monkeys can be very abundant large troop of howler monkeys in costa rica red colobus monkeys in central africa. Pied tamarin common squirrel monkey amazon black howler monkey capuchin black-tailed marmoset. What"s in a name? common name + scienti c name e. g. clouded leopard (neofelis nebulas) full names with authority: (name, year) Specialization- implications + conservations primates usually generalist- eat a wide variety of food proboscis monkey in mangrove forest (forest type) bale monkey on bamboo endemic to ethiopian highlands keystone resources: Mammals/ primates of long national park larger animals mongoose porcupines antelopes. Diversity of resources day, day + night, night space + time partitioning day: squirrels night: ying squirrels trees, trees + ground, ground to pack more animals in.
