Old World Monkeys Flashcards
1
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Diversity
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Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae (gammon, vervet, macaque, baboon)
Subfamily: Colobinae (colobus, langur)
2
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Characteristics
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- larger
- diurnal
- more intelligent than NW monkeys
- ground-living and tree living (baboons, macaques)
- ischial callosities
- less or no scent marking
- visual cue (sex skin - baboon female butt swelling)
- menstrual cycle
- 32 teeth (2-1-2-3)
- recent evolutionary shift back to trees (guenons, patas)
- main trend towards omnivory
3
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Baboons
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- mandrill, gelada, papio and hamadryas,
- ground living
- subsaharan africa–>south africa
- big size
- multi-male social groups
- omnivory
- big cats - major predators
- giant canine - jaw pushed out
- ischial callosities
- opportunistic omnivores
4
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hamadryas baboon
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only baboon in the middle east (Yemmen)
-single male society
5
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Gelada and Papio
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cheek pouches
6
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Macaque
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- ground living
- SE asia, India, China
- 15-20 species (speciation)
- 1 baby at a time
- rhesus, gibraltar (spain), cynomolgus (crab-eating), japanese snow monkey
- **multi male social groups
7
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Colobus monkey
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- vegetarians of OW monkeys
- sacculated stomach
- no thumb
- long tail
8
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sacculated stomach
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- colobus monkey
- fermenting leaves
- 2 compartments
9
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langur
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- infanticide by adult males; don’t have connection with offspring
- bachelor band (take over of single male and female harlem group)
10
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Proboscis monkey
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- type of colobus monkey
- infanticide
11
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guenons
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- blue monkeys
- tree monkeys, omnivorous
12
Q
talapoin
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smallest OW monkey
13
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patas monkey
-social structure
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- ground moneky
- subsaharan africa
- 1 male, several females
- high sexual dimorphism in size
14
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vervet
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- SAIDS/SIV research
- virus doesn’t affect them, but they can pass it on
- virus started here, mutated into Apes, then transmitted to us
