ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indriidae, Aye-Aye, Torpor
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Retia meribilia- blood vessels that pump into hands so they can maintain a serious grasp. Lorsis- eat a lot of gum in trees- usually the slow lorises. Otolemur- largest, more fruit eating and run more than hop. Carry infants in their mouths and park their babies in a particular area when they go out for feeding. Used to have a gorilla size primate that went extinction. 94% are on the road to extinction. Mouse lemurs, dwarf lemurs, giant mouse lemur. Gums, insects, fruits, and flowers torpor- vcl strictly nocturnal folivore. No incisors at top of mouth, but have 2 on the bottom specialized gut, cecum. Daubentoniidae specialize on insect grubs claw like nails long fingers for tapping on trees. Mostly solitary like rodents, discover using fingers. Diurnal, may change during the seasons i. e. when its too hot to go out during they day they might become nocturnal.
