Exam 3 Flashcards
What is the dental formula for humans?
2 : 1 : 2 : 3
How many incisors, canines, premolars and molars do humans have?
2, 1, 2, 3
What is the dental formula for primitive primates?
2 : 1 : 3 : 3
What is the dental formula for lemuriformes?
2 : 1 : 3 : 3
What is the dental formula for tarsiiformes?
2 : 1 : 3 : 3 / 1 : 1 : 3 : 3
What is the dental formula for anthropoidea?
2 : 1 : 3 : 3 or 2 : 1 : 2 : 3
Primitive primates who have an unfused mandible, post orbital bar, tooth comb, grooming claw, and moist nose
Lemuriformes
Primitive primates who have an unfused mandible, post orbital closure, grooming claw, dry nose
Tarsiiformes
Primitive primates who have a fused mandible, post orbital closure, and dry nose
Anthropoidea
Most primitive primate
Lemuriformes
What are the 2 groups of Prosimii?
Lemuriformes and tarsiiformes
What 2 groups of primates are in lemuriformes?
Lemurs and lorises
What group of primates are in tarsiiformes?
Tarsiers
What are the 2 groups of anthropoideas?
Platyrrhines and catarrhines
What makes up the platyrrhines?
Ceboids
What 2 groups of primates are in the catarrhines?
Great apes including humans, cercopithecoids
Where do lemurs live?
Madagascar
Behavior in an evolutionary context; how these behaviors evolved as a species in order to live in a specific environment/niche
Behavioral ecology
Lemurs have _____ dominance in some species
Female
Why is there so much diversity in lemurs?
Lack of competition from other primates
