ANT203H5 Lecture 2: ANTRO NOTES from lecture 2-6
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Tapetu(cid:373) (cid:894)layer of (cid:272)ells that (cid:272)ause (cid:862)eye shi(cid:374)e(cid:863)(cid:895) Galigidae galagos (bush babies) (found in africa) Lorisidae lorises ( found in asia ) and pottos(found in africa) Africa genus arctocebus (angwatibos: arctocebus, perodicticus, loris, nycticebus. Africa: galago (insects and gum, glagoides (insects and gum, euoticus (insects and gum, sciurocheirus (fruit eats) (big, otolemur (fruit eaters) (big) Toxic saliva? (not 100% sure, they lick their infants with their saliva, which could possibly deter predators from eating the babies, although it was never proven) Retia meribilia special blood vessel that sends more blood to their arms so they have a strong grip, they even grab on when they are sleeping. Ar(cid:272)to(cid:272)e(cid:271)us a(cid:374)d perodi(cid:272)ti(cid:272)us (cid:894)pottos(cid:895) afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) phase (cid:862)softly softly(cid:863) (more robust with shorter limbs) Galididae: galagos (bush babies) (carries their (cid:271)a(cid:271)ies with their (cid:373)o(cid:374)th, also (cid:862)parks(cid:863) their babies) (their penis have spines on them, they use it as a weapon)
