PSYCH 450 Study Guide - Megaladapis, Simian, Uakari
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Review: make sure you know how to recognize, slender loris, galago, mouse lemur, ring-tailed lemur, indri, aye-aye, tarsier (can totally spin its head around, know geographic location of all primates, megaladapis. Order primates: suborder anthropoidea, two super-families of monkeys (names end in ea, if it was a family, it would end ae) Ow prosimians evolve to monkeys the differences were caused by geographic separation. Dental formula: (2-1-3-3) or (2-1-3-2: prehensile tail in larger species (only place in the world . Dominate male and female (only 1 reproducing pair in group: pygmy marmoset. Only about 400 left in nature: emperor tamarin. North of amazon males dominate the social group, tend to have a little lighter fur on the head. South of amazon females dominate the social: capuchin monkey group, tend to be more black in the head. Prehensile tail: muriqui (woolly spider) monkey. Karen strier anthropologist at uw-madison: owl/night monkey.
