Week 8 Flashcards
!Key primate features
Forward facing eyes Short nose Long period of maternal care Nails not claws Relatively large brains Unfused radius and ulnar Opposable thumbs
!Scandentia order
Tree shrews
!Order scandentia (tree shrews) distribution
Asia
!Order scandentia (tree shrews) skull morphology
Inflated auditory bullae
Long skull
Perforated zygomatic arch
!Order scandentia (tree shrews) dentition
Canines poorly developed
Primitive sharp-cusped molars for a insectivorous diet
Forward projecting lower incisors used in feeding and grooming
Order scandentia (tree shrews) diet
Insectivorous but some species frugivores
!Order scandentia (tree shrews) lifestyle
Terrestrial, semi- arboreal and fully arboreal
Diurnal
Order Dermoptera
Culugos
Flying lemurs are not that accurate because they are not lemurs and they do not fly, they glide
Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) Patagium
*Patagium (skin membrane) that is furred and covers the whole body expect the head.
!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) distribution
Asia
!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) skull morphology
Lemur-like
Broad and flat palate
Flattened tympanic bullae
!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) dentition
Small and simple teeth
Molars tribosphenic
Unique lower incisors have comb-like structure
Upper incisors at the side not the front of the jaw.
Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) digestion
Diet is leaves
Elongated intestines that’s in compartments to aid cellulose digestion
Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) digestion
Diet is leaves
Elongated intestines that’s in compartments to aid cellulose digestion
!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) predation
90% predated by monkey eating eagle
!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) human interaction
Deforestation & habitat loss
Hunted for meat & soft fur
Considered pests by plantation owners (they eat the fruit and leaves)
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines
Lemurs
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) tails
Non have prehensile tails!
Sub order in order primata (Strepsirrhines) lemurs characteristics:
Eye
Tapetum
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) skull morphology
Long rostrum
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) dentition
Tooth comb
Cininiform premolars
Median upper diastema
Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) diet
All eat fruit and most eat insects
Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) scent
They scent mark
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) distribution of:
- Lemurs
- Potatoes & bushbabies
- Lorises
- Lemurs - Madagascar
- Potatoes & bushbabies - Africa
- Lorises - Asia
lorises and pottos characteristics
Poisonous saliva
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Galagonidae: bush babies characteristics
- Distribution
- Movement
- Ears
- Diet
- Social
- Communication
Widespread Some clingers and leapers Folding ears Diet includes seeds, nectar and gums Live in small groups of females Communicate with clicks and territorial calls
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lemuridae: lemurs characteristics
- Lifestyle
- Digits
- Diet
- Social
Diurnal Arboreal quadrupeds/ climbers Opposable pollex and hallux Feed on leaves Females are dominant
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lemuridae: lemurs characteristics
- Lifestyle
- Digits
- Diet
- Social
Diurnal Arboreal quadrupeds/ climbers Opposable pollex and hallux Feed on leaves Females are dominant
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
- Lifestyle
- Ears
- Diet
- Social
Arboreal climbers and leapers Very long tails Fading ears Omnivores Solitary Hibernates
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lepilemuridae: sportive and weasel lemurs characteristics
- Lifestyle
- Diet
- Social
Arboreal leapers
Feed on leaves, flowers and barks
Solitary
!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) family Inriidae: inrid lemurs characteristics
- Lifestyle
- Toes
- Diet
- Social
Diurnal Arboreal leapers Webbed toes Short rostrum Feeds on leaves, flowers, and bark Live in family groups
Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) family Daubentonidae: the aye-aye
Lifestyle
Diet
Lengthened hands and slender third digit
Feed on nuts, larvae, nectar, eggs, and fungi
!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata characteristics: *Nose *Lip Reproduction Social
No tapetum Warm, dry nose with united nostrils Sine upper lip Monthly reproductive cycle Short rostrum Diurnal Complex social behaviour
!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata, infra-order tarsiformes: tarsidae, tarsiers characteristics
- Lifestyle
- Claws
- Ears
- Diet
- Social
Arboreal leapers Grooming claws Nocturnal Fading ears Obligate carnivores Solitary or pairs or family
!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Cebidae characteristics
Name
Lifestyle
Diet
Squirrel and capuchin monkeys
Arboreal quadrupeds, climbers and brachiators
Omnivorous
Howler, spider, & woolly monkeys characteristics
Name
*Diet
Howler, spider, & woolly monkeys
Prehensile tails
Folivore/frugivore
!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Aotidae characteristics
Name
Lifestyle
Diet
Night or owl monkeys
Nocturnal
Broad diet
!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Pithiciidae characteristics
Name
Lifestyle
Diet
Saki, bearded- sake & ukaris
Arboreal quadrupeds, climbers
Seed predators
