What do you think of when the word Lemur is said? What is a lemur exactly? In particular‚ I found the picture of lemurs to be most interesting. Not only do lemurs have long tails‚ but their tails are black and white with a horizontal pattern‚ however there is one species of lemurs that do not have long tails. It is true that I have never seen a lemur before‚ but that is because I do not live in Madagascar according to the book. With that being said‚ lemurs could be classified as “Strepsirrhini”‚
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In addition‚ the upper blades of Ardi's pelvis are shorter and wider in length in contrast of the upper blades of apes (Ann Gibbons 39). Ardi's spine resembled to a human's spine‚ in other words it was both long and curved instead of short and stiff like what a chimpanzee's would look like (Ann Gibbons 39). Therefore‚ these modifications suggested to C. O Lovejoy that Ar. ramidus had been bipedal for an extended timeframe (Ann Gibbons 39). Even so‚ the lower pelvis is enormous
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There are many types of species of primates throughout the world‚ ranging from Prosimians‚ Old World Monkeys‚ New World Monkeys‚ and various number of apes. The species in which catches my interest the most would be the Baboon‚ a Old World Monkey that belongs to the genus Papio. Old World Monkeys in particular live in the area of South and East Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ and even Gibraltar which is in the southern tip of Spain. Baboons are most founded in Africa and parts of Arabia. Surprisingly
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis has a skull with an elongated shape with a relatively short‚ vertical face‚ which is set high relative to the skull vault. The eyes are set far apart from each other and have a very large continuous bony brow ridge above them. Examination of the lower jaw reveals that Sahelanthropus had a total of thirty two teeth‚ which is common in all Old World monkeys‚ apes‚ and humans. The foramen magnum (where the skull opens for spinal cord passage) is positioned forward and oriented
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The movie summary I am going to talk about is the Survey of Primates film we watched in class. The film describes the basic characteristics of primates‚ illustrates the geographic locations and regions of their various primate forms. The movie also describes the various adaptations in which primates had evolved from in based on their location in the world‚ and also briefly describes types of behavioral and the social adaptions on primates’ relation towards humans. The film starts off by stating
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Did you know that animals are learning our language? And also some animals can even speak using our language such as bonobos? Animals are starting to learn our language. Such as a bonobo since in source 1 Speaking Bonobos paragraph 2 it says”...kept adding symbols to Kanzi’s keyboard …”Then in paragraph 3 it says”Kanzi learned to combine in regular ways…” In other words what this means is that the chimp would have symbols that they would press with other ones to make words or phrases. Also not
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Also known as Grauer’s Gorilla‚ the Eastern Lowland Gorilla is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies‚ and holds the titles of the world’s largest living primate. It is related to the Mountain Gorilla‚ both of which are subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla berengei). A testament to their high level of intelligence‚ wild Eastern Lowland Gorillas have been observed using simple tools to gather food‚ and have been taught to use sign language to create simple sentences in captivity. Despite
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Introduction: The Common Chimpanzees are the non-human primates that were given scientific name Pan troglodytes. The chimpanzee’s geographic distribution can be found across equatorial Africa‚ from Senegal in the west to Tanzania in the east. They can be found in moist and dry forests and savannas. There are four subspecies: the eastern chimpanzee‚ the central African chimp‚ the western chimpanzee‚ and the Nigeria-Cameroon subspecies. Chimpanzees live in communities of about 20 to 120 individuals
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Every time I see a brown bear and panda at a zoo‚ I thought they were the same animal but just different color and live in different habitats‚ because they are members of the bear family. Since I thought they look the same‚ I thought they would act similar. But when I started to research more about pandas and brown bears‚ they are very different animal. Pandas and Brown Bears have similar shape‚ but are very different and unique animals. Both pandas and brown bears have physical characteristics that
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Cercopithecus aethiops‚ also known as Vervet monkeys‚ are an active and agile species of Old World monkey from the sub-Saharan Africa. There are at least six different species of vervets‚ all of which live a hierarchical society (Isbell 1998). Physical Description These small primates are easily distinguishable and easy to spot in the wild. Their fur tends to be between green and olive or between silver and grey. The face‚ ears‚ hands‚ feet‚ and tip of the tail are all black. Vervets also have
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