Primates Monkeys

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

Non human primates’ social organization can provide useful information how human social evolution occurs. We will go over main points of how similar and different non human primates such as chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas’ society are compared to ours, humans.

Prosimians are those primates that evolved before the anthropoids. The first prosimian appears in the fossil record about 55 million years ago. Before the appearance of anthropoids, prosimians were quite prevalent. Their fossils have been discovered in all corners of the world, including Europe, Asia, Egypt and even in the northwestern United States. Madagascar is the world’s fifth largest island located off the east coast of Africa. While Madagascar broke away from Africa, more than 120 million years ago, it 's puzzling to scientists that lemurs evolved only 55 million years ago. Madagascar is world-famous for its lemurs, primates that look something like a cat crossed with a squirrel and a dog. These animals are unique to the island and display a range of interesting. One of the theories of how lemurs got to Madagascar is that they rafted there on clumps of vegetation. Once monkeys and apes appeared, daytime active prosimians were out competed and disappeared. Only nighttime active prosimians occur outside of Madagascar because there are no nocturnal monkeys or apes in those regions, except for the night monkey in South America.

Even though the government of Madagascar has many different laws stating that lemurs should be protected in their habitat, some hunters have decided to go against the laws and hunt all lemurs anyway. Scientists have tried to help save lemurs by capturing them and putting them in a captive-breeding programs to help them to be able to give them a better chance of surviving (Jolly 76). There are around 70 different breeds of lemurs and about 16 of them have become extinct (Riley 6). There are many different breed of lemurs and researchers are still finding more and more different breeds every year. There are three new lemurs found off the coast of Africa in Madagascar. The three new lemurs are all considered to be mouse lemurs. They were named microcebus bongolavensis, microcebus danfossi, and microcebus lokobensis. And since the year 2000, the number of known mouse lemur species have nearly doubled from 8 to 15 different species. The scientists have cautioned that the number of mouse lemurs may be slightly altered if they find more genetic DNA that shows the other named mouse lemurs are not actually unique species (3). One breed of lemur that has been around for many many years is called the indri lemur. Although the indri has a smaller tail than all the other lemurs it is one of the larger lemurs. They also live in the Madagascar and jump from tree to tree and land on each branch in an upright position. The indri lemur also almost never goes down to the

The primate order to which we as humans belong can be divided into two sub-orders: the Strepsirrhini, also known across much literature as prosiminans, containing lemurs and lorises and the Haplorrhini containing tarsiers, monkeys and apes. The Strepsirrhini divide further into Lemuriformes and Lorisiformes, and the Haplorrhini divide into Tarsiiformes and Simiiformes, also known as anthropoids which consist of apes and humans. The Simiiformes divide into Platyrrhini (New World monkeys) and Catarrhini (Old World monkeys and hominoids), (Napier, 2014). Fig.1 attached shows the divisions of primate classification. Primates have various characteristics that identify them from other vertebrates such as, opposable thumbs, nails

Monkeys are very intelligent and these texts, “Why Monkeys Live in Trees” and, “The case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees” really explain and show this. There are many things that are different and many that are the same. In both stories, the monkeys are the main characters but that is not the only thing. Also how one story is fiction and the other is not. For example, in “Why Monkeys Live in Trees”, the story is a folktale with animals that participate in a gold winning contest.

Their offspring is one. The lifespan of the ring-tailed lemur is 20 years. They have a

Historically, as for other lemurs, the greatest conservation threat to the silky sifaka has been cultivation of hill rice through slash-and-burn agriculture. Although human hunting of primates in Madagascar is generally less widespread than in Africa or Asia (Conservation Education et al. ), nevertheless in some parts of Madagascar, such as Marojejy National Park, steady lemur poaching is evident. Erik R. Patel therefore began a conservation education program in collaboration with local authorities, the Peace Corps, and Cornell University, with the support of the Conserva- tion Committee of the American Society of Primatolo- gists.

They have changed over the bodies the place they live on the island and the way they look. The lemur is a very interesting animal and over the 4 major generation changes the lemur was born. The lemur was born on the island. Madagascar has been the original home of the lemurs and there ancestors for years. The lemurs overall have not changed much even from their ancestors. They actually kept a lot of features from their ancestors. The biggest thing that the lemur is known for today is the tail and the hug eyes. The lemur overall has kept all the original features from the past and from its

Could you imagine if an animal could out smart you? For almost 100 years scientists have curious of number sense in animals. This topic came about because of a horse by the name of Clever Hans who would perform mathematical arithmetic and intellectual tasks for crowds of people. In more recent years, researchers have discovered new mathematical skills in different animal species such as the monkey.

And as early as about 65 million years ago, primates and other mammals to achieve a branch. Therefore, in the evolution of primates, the origin of human beings can be said to be the most recent thing.

Saving the Lemurs by Tony Appearance and habitats Lemurs are small primates and their most common species have black and white colours and stripes on their tails. They weigh about 2,25 kg and measure roughly 40cm. They live in a tropical island on the east coast of Africa and they like to live on trees. They live in the jungles of Madagascar and mostly live on trees. Why it is unique or endangered There were few of them to start with and because they are the most endangered mammals in the world. They are intensely hunted by Fossas in Madagascar which in another endangered animal. They live in a country where hunting isn’t allowed (Madagascar) and there are very few people in Madagascar. In Madagascar there are also a lot of breeding centres.

First, the lemur species has been living in tall trees for hundreds of years. If you take one and put it in captivity it will be really different to them. They would have

Hunting and deforestation are known to be the main causes of Lemurs becoming extinct. On the bright side, there has been an increase in the attention that the topic is receiving. More people are realizing that Lemurs are starting to become extinct due to the needs of humans. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has taken steps to protect Lemurs and stop the species from becoming extinct. Some of the steps that the IUCN is taking to make these goals become true are, teaching local communities how to find other sources of food and utilize the land that has been deforested efficiently. Also, the IUCN is teaching the youth about efficient agricultural methods and in return the youth are taught about Lemur conservation and about

Monkeys come in all different shapes and sizes, as well as from all over the world; but one of the most interesting are the capuchin monkeys. Capuchin monkeys are new world monkeys and are from cebus family, but have a large brain in terms of their body size, and have semi-opposable thumbs, and much like new world monkeys the tail is used more as an anchor. The capuchin monkey are generally covered in fur with short fur around the face and longer hair on rest of body, and is most commonly seen with black or brown fur with cream colored patches around face and shoulders; and they can be around two feet tall. They are mostly around the regions of Central and South America as well as scattered throughout some of the regions of North America. Many