Vocab

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A genetic, morphological, or behavioral change that a species makes to help it survive in its environment

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Adaptation

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A loud vocalization given by all ages and genders in response to a disturbance such as the appearance of a predator or another group.

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Alarm call

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Reciprocal cleaning of the fur

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Allogrooming

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Adapted to life in trees

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Arboreal

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A grouping of two or more species that travel and/or feed together.

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Association

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Swinging with arms from one branch to another.

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Brachiation

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A structure in the mouth used to store food temporarily; found in Old world monkeys but not colobines.

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Cheek pouch

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With regard to a male and an east Roy’s female, to temporarily associate and travel together to enhance the males chances of paternity. Found in baboons and chimpanzees.

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Consort

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Belonging to the same species.

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Conspecific

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The distance a group travels in a day, usually measured in meters.

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Day range

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A conspicuous behavior involving posture, action, and/or vocalization that usually conveys a message to members of the same species.

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Display

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Active during the day.

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Diurnal

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Higher ranking in a hierarchy, as determined by the displacement of other troop members for priority of access to food, mates, or resting places.

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Dominant

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The specific role of an organism in its environment and community that allows it to survive and reproduce.

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Ecological niche

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The study of how organisms are affected by and interact with other organisms in a particular environment.

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Ecology

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The interrelationships among the living organism and the chemical and physical components of a given environment.

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Ecosystem

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The departure of an individual from a group to travel alone or join another group, usually at adulthood.

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Emigration

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The period around ovulation when females are willing to mate, as indicated by perineal swellings or pheromonal or behavioral signals.

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Estrus

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A social structure in which individuals of a troop split into small subgroups for foraging and re-form as a large group when food resources permit.

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Fission-fusion

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An animal that eats fruit as a major percentage of its diet.

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Frugivore

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The taxonomic classification below family and above species; indicated by italics and capitalization.

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Genus

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The period between conception and birth.

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Gestation

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Pertaining to kinship or descent through female lines.

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Matrilineal

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A type of social structure centered on one male and one female that mate only with each other.

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Monogamy

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The group into which an individual is born.

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Natal troop

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The tropical regions of Central and South America.

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Neotropics

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An animal that eats both animal and vegetable material as major percentage of its diet.

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Omnivore

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Inflation of the tissue between the anus and the vulva with fluid, signaling the onset of estrus and, at its fullest, ovulation.

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Perineal swelling

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Able to grasp by wrapping around; often refers to the tail of some larger neotropical monkeys.

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Prehensile

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Pertaining to the behavior that indicates and individual’s interest in sex.

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Proceptive

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A botanically diverse forest in the tropics or subtropics with plentiful year-round rainfall.

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Rain forest

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Ready to mate; usually corresponds to “estrous”.

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Receptive

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Open, flat tropical grassland with varying amounts of trees and seasonal rainfall.

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Savanna

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An odor-producing organ.

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Scent gland

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An olfactory message communicated by rubbing glandular secretions or leaving urine or feces at a specific site.

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Scent mark

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An animal that passes seeds through it’d digestive tract and deposits them unharmed. Some seeds germinate faster after having passed through an animals digestive tract.

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Seed disperser

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Forest in which some but not all of the tree species lose their leaves during one season of the year.

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Semi-deciduous forest

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Color pattern variation between genders of the same species.

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Sexual dichromatism

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Size, color, or weight variation between genders of the same species.

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Sexual dimorphism

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The basic biological unit of classification in which like members are similar in appearance, can interbreed, and are different from other species, with which they do not normally interbreed.

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Species

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Pertaining to the chest region near the sternum, or breastbone.

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Sternal

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An individual between sexual maturity and full adulthood; similar to a human adolescent.

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Subadult

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Lower ranking in a hierarchy and therefore giving way to dominant individuals.

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Subordinate

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A classification level for a species out subgroup that lives in a different geographical region and is morphologically different.

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Subspecies

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In latitudes bordering the tropical and temperate zones.

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Subtropical

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Hanging, climbing, or moving below tree branches.

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Suspensory behavior

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Sharing the same geographic area.

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Sympatric

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The descriptive science of classification and naming of organisms.

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Taxonomy

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Adapted to life on the ground.

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Terrestrial

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The area an animal or group actively defends from other members of its species.

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Territory

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A prosimians lower incisors, which are inclined forward like a comb and are used for grooming.

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Tooth comb

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An interaction between two primates, with one cleaning the others fur.

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Grooming

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Animals that have gradually learned to trust researchers and can be followed and studied.

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Habituated troop

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A rank-ordered system defined by interactions among individuals, with dominants and subordinates.

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Hierarchy

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The area used by a troop over an annual cycle; usually expressed in hectares.

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Home range

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The deliberate killing of infants by members of their own species.

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Infanticide

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Between or among different groups.

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Intergroup

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Within a group.

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Intragroup

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The two pads on the rump, upon which old world monkeys and gibbons sit.

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Ischial callosities

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An individual between infancy and sexual maturity.

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Juvenile

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A gesture that many primate species use as a friendly signal when approaching another individual.

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Lip smacking